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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  8 October 1954 09/0030Z | Crane, Indiana  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL: Meteor  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  3 - 5 Seconds | High, barely audible sound. About 75 ft in lenght. Oval in shape. Ringed with blue violet flame.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground visual  |
|  7. COURSE | NE by E  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |

FORM<br/>FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form …

U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT
Grane, Indiana

NT1-18/A8
(963)(24/2):MLT
12 October 1954

From: Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, Indiana
To: Director of Intelligence, Headquarters USAF, Washington 25, D. C.
Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio--
ATTN: ATLAA-2C
Commander, Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Commander, Eastern Air Defense Force, Stewart AFB, Newburgh, N. Y.

Subj: Unidentified flying objects; report on

Ref: (a) 9ND INSTRUCTION 3820.1 of 28 July 1954
(b) COMEASTSEAFRON INSTRUCTION 3820.2 of 16 July 1954

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Friday 10-8-54 - 1930

At the time and date mentioned above, while I was digging a water line trench, with my wife for company, we spotted an object racing through the sky. My wife spotted it first and yelled for me to look. At first sight, I thought it to be a meteor but it traveled in a true horizontal plane with no arc whatsoever.

It was ovular in shape and in comparison to conventional aircraft it appeared to be about 75 ft in length, and was ringed with a very brilliant halo of blue-violet flame. The color was spectacular. It trailed a stream of fire or flame about 6 times the lengt…

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AFOIN-X/Lt Col Bloomer/er/71092/20 Oct 54
20 OCT 1954

Capt. R. C. Turner, Jr. USN
U. S. Naval Ammunition Depot
Crane, Indiana

Dear Captain Turner:

Thank you for your letter of October 12th, which forwarded the report of Mr. Palladino concerning his observation of an unidentified flying object.

As you are undoubtedly aware, the Air Force has had a major active program in this area for the past several years, and the information contained in Mr. Palladino's report, plus your additional detail, has been turned over to our analysts for further evaluation.

For your …