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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 23 Feb 53 23/2116Z  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | Fortville, Indiana  |
|  3. SOURCE | Civ Woman  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 5 Min.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual  |
|  7. COURSE | EE  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  10. CONCLUSION | BALLOON Balloon  |
|  11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | Circular shaped, white object with a smoke ring around it traveled at an unestimated speed at a high altitude.  |

FTD FORM SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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1. ATIA
2. ATI
3. E. Files

UNCLASSIFIED
25 Feb 53 03 46 z

RD049WPF022
YDC048K

CBA043
YMB042
JEDBW 051
1953 FEB 25 10:01
RR JEDEN JEDWP JEPHQ 333
DE JEDBW 10
R 242115Z ZNJ

FM CO 782ND AC&W SQ ROCKVILLE IND
TO JEPHQ/DIR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASG DC
INFO JEDWP/AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLO FERGS COLO
ZEN/CG 30TH AIR DIV DEF WILLOW RUN APRT BELLEVILLE MICH

INT 0307 PD FLYOBRPT (1) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CIRCULAR SHAPE COLOR WHITE WITH A SMOKE RING AROUND IT PD TIME OF SIGHTING 232116Z FEB 03 PD MANNER OF SIGHTING VISIBLE FROM GRND C…
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UNCLASSIFIED
Fortville, Indiana 23 February 1953

I. Description of Incident
At 2116Z time a civilian woman located 16 miles northeast of Indianapolis sighted an unknown flying object appearing as a circular shaped, white object traveling at a high altitude in a northeasterly direction and reported this occurrence to the 782nd ACAW Squadron, the nearest Air Force installation. Clear weather prevailed.

II. Discussion of Incident
Project Blue Book ascertained that a piball weather balloon was scheduled for release at 2100Z by the Indianapolis U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Station…
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