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Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1956

Date of account
1956-01
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 5 January 1956 Indianapolis,Indiana 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibiy Balloon DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1930 Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Local GroundVisual 口 Probably Aireroft 06/0030Z DXAinVi sual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Canopus OYes KxProbably Astronomical ONo Civilian Possibly Astronomical 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS|9. COURSE Othor 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 口 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknow 5-10 minutes one 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS See case file. Probably the star Canopus which was just below the horizon. Atmospheric refraction probably brought it into view distorted. ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 26 SEP 52)

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