Project 10073 Record Card and Related Correspondence — Crane, Indiana, September 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and supporting correspondence regarding a UFO sighting on September 17, 1956, near the U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot in Crane, Indiana. Six witnesses from Crane Village and two from Bloomfield reported observing two unidentified objects between 1910 and 1930 CST. The witnesses described the objects as having bright lights that shifted from white to red and green, and noted that the objects would float, stand still, and maneuver as if chasing one another. One witness specifically described an egg-shaped silver object the size of a nickel at arm's length. The observers reported no sound and no vapor trails. A sentry at the depot also reported two transport aircraft flying over the area at the time. The Legal Officer at the depot, H. S. Harmly, concluded that the sighting was likely caused by aircraft, suggesting that the red color observed was the result of flaming engines from the transport planes and that the witnesses lacked the perspective to accurately judge the movement of the circling aircraft. The report was forwarded by the 2466th Air Reserve Flying Center to the Air Defense Command in accordance with AFR 200-2.