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Mecca, Indiana, January 1958

Date of account
1958-01
Location
Mecca, 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 Balioon 19Jan 58 Mecca, Indiana 口 Probabiy Balioon 口 Possibiy Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local DGround-Visual xProbably Aircraft 20/0235Z DAirVisual Air-lnterceptRadar 口 Possibiy Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomical Civilian 口 Possibiy Astronomicai No 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 16 mins one North 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Small round obj,flashing red.No Observer probably saw only the sound. obj was moving South,then flashing red portion of an a/c turned sharply North & disappeared. navigation light. ATICFORM329(R8V26SEP 52)

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