Form: 97 BB Docs
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:50:53 -0600
From: Francis Ridge <nicap@insightbb.com>
Subject: Terre Haute, Indiana; T-33 Pilot Sighting; Feb. 1, 1953
Cat: 11
Distribution: CE, SHG, NCP

Updated: 26 Aug 2006:
Dan Wilson located the unsantized, secret version of one of the documents. MAXW-PBB1-791 replaces MISC-PBB2-898, but both are presented below.

Not listed in the Blue Book Unknowns, the Chop Clearance list has this one as Item #28:
Feb. 1, 1953; Terre Haute, Indiana. Sighting of a UFO by a T-33 pilot. All I've been able to find are three documents.

A military aircraft on a 270 heading 10 miles west of Terre Haute sighted a close group of moving lights changing color from red to blue, to green to yellow. The pilot estimated their altitude to range between 30,000 ft. to 15,000 ft. flying in a manner similar to conventional aircraft. Searchlights from the St. Louis area seemed to be following the unidentified lights. The time of sighting was about 2130 EST.

  Page ID (PID)  MISC-PBB2-898
Collection  Other Official Microfilm
Roll Description  Misc Blue Book Files Roll 2
Document Code  N/A


http://www.bluebookarchive.org/page.aspx?PageCode=MAXW-PBB1-791
 
Page ID (PID)  MAXW-PBB1-791
Collection  NARA-Maxwell
Roll Description  Maxwell Blue Book 1
Document Code  N/A
 
Frame  791
 



http://www.bluebookarchive.org/page.aspx?PageCode=MISC-PBB2-898
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898-900



898



899

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