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|  1. DATE 8 OCT 55 | 2. LOCATION Loogootee, Indiana | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 08/2338Z GMT | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION unknown | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE ESE  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Appeared round a…

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U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT
Crane, Indiana

A8(8)-OHB:wma
Ser 8521
12 October 1955

ORIGINAL

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 19…

A8(8)-OHB:wma
Ser 8521
12 October 1955

Subj: Unidentified flying objects; report on
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3. During a telephone conversation Mr. [redacted] volunteered that in a discussion that evening at his lodge he learned another man, six miles east of him at the time of viewing, observed a comparable object at approximately the same time.

4. The observer is a reliable Depot employee, and it is believed that his report is a true statement of his observation.

R. C. Turner, Jr.
Acting

Copy to:
Director of Naval Intelligence, Wash., D. C.
Commander, EASTSEAFRON, 90 Church St., N. Y. 7, N. Y.
Commander, Na…

Enclosure (1)

COPY
10 October 1955

From: [redacted], Supply Department
To: Executive Officer, U. S. Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, Ind.
Subj: Unidentified flying object; report of

1. At approximately 1638 on the afternoon of 8 October 1955, from a point of observation approximately one mile north of Loogootee, Indiana, I observed an unidentified flying object, apparently round in design, and silver or white in color, passing overhead.

2. This object was traveling in an east-south-easterly direction, at an estimated altitude of 5000 feet, and at a speed estimated to be "in excess of 1000 mi…