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Hammond, Indiana, September 1961

Date of account
1961-09
Location
Hammond, Indiana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 10 Sep 61 Hax Hammond,Indiana 口 Probably Bolloon. 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 20xtelescope Local-2030 DGround-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aireraft GMT- 11/0230Z D Ai~Vi udl D Air-Intercopt Radar Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Asronomical CfELA OY.. OXProbably Astronomical XNo Civilian 口 Possibly Aatronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Orhor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 31/2hrs 1 NNE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGOVal ShaPed, blue-green- orange-yellow objt with diffueed light aroung how to use his telescope, as elevations ahd it observed in NNE for 3 1/2 hrs. Movement very as are very general. First Magnitude star slow toward NNE. Capella was in NNE at time of sighting, at a lower altitude.Taking inbo account an error on part o

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