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Declassification Authority NND 923007 j \ 2466TH AIR RESERVE FLYING CENTER United States Air Force Bakalar Air Force Base Columbus, Indiana “DO | So DEC 6 1956 SUBJECT: Transmittal of "UFOB" Reports | TOs Commanding General Air Defense Command Ent Air Force Base - Colorado-Springs, Colorado 1. The attached reports are forwarded in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2, paragraph 4a. 2. This activity is wmable to comply with the prescribed reporting procedure as defined in paragraph 7, above cited regu- lation, FOR THE COMMANDER: 2 Incls 1. UFOB Report dtd “TY &. RAYBOURN . eee 21 Nov 56 c…

Declassification Authority NND 923007 U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT CRANE, INDIANA © IN REPLY REFER TO: AS (3)-ADE: wmn 4602 AIS UFOS REPT... Ser 8559 wf ied “0%, 45 NT ee KL re. ik 220K 29 November 1956 € Tos Commanding Officer, Bakalar Air Force Base, Columbus, Indiana “Subj: Unidéntified. Flying Onsccts: report of _investigat ion of Ae “Ref: (a) OND INST 3520.14 ata 2 Feb 1956. From: Commanding Officer, U. 3, Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, Indiana w b 1,. Subject report has been compiled in accordance with reference (a). 2. On the night of 27 October 1956, six persons reported seeing an unid…

Declassification Authority NND 923007 48(8)-ADE:wmn 29 November 1956 6, The names of the five witnesses mentioned in paragraph 5, are: Harry Christley Julius Strickland Joseph Helms harley Nicewanger Stanley Parkes Mr, Strickland is employed as a maintenance man by Crane Village North, The other four witnesses are NAD Crane Security police guards, 7 Mr, Parkes said that the object was, he believed, a star, He said ‘that the night was extra clear and the star very bright; that it glimmered and looked as if it was changing colors; and that he has since checked the same area, found the star, and …

Declassification Authority NND 923007 ne £8($)-ADE:wm 29 November 1956 13. ‘his report was prepared from information suomitted by the Depot Criminal Investigator, interrogation of witnesses, and log entries, by the Legal Officer attached to the Depot whose comments and preliminary analysis of possible causes of the sightings are as follows: a. The object scen by the five Crane Village witnesses and by the ai Chief of Police to the East was in all probability the planet Mars or some otner celestial body. b, ‘The object seen from the Administration Building by Chief Martin to the Northwest was p…