Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Plainfield, Indiana
AI-Generated Summary
A civilian report of a metallic, saucer-shaped object seen over a baseball game in Indiana in 1967 was filed too late for effective investigation. The document also contains correspondence regarding other alleged sightings.
This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial object in Plainfield, Indiana, on July 2, 1967. The observer, while watching a baseball game at 3:00 PM, reported seeing a bright, metallic, flying saucer-shaped object moving from the southwest to the northeast. The observer noted the object moved at a speed comparable to a propeller airplane, made no sound, and eventually disappeared into the clouds. The report was not submitted to the authorities until January 1968, resulting in an official conclusion of insufficient data for evaluation. The file also includes a letter dated January 6, 1968, addressed to Project Blue Book at Wright-Patterson AFB, in which a correspondent mentions additional sightings, including an account involving a Mr. Melheim and an individual named Ilander, who allegedly observed a saucer-shaped object at night that appeared to have a floodlight turned on.
It looked like aluminum as if a flood light was turned on at. The space around it was sort of illuminated same shape as the main body of the UFO
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Official Assessment
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
The report was not received until January 1968, leading to a conclusion of insufficient data for evaluation.
Key Persons
- Mr. MelheimWitness mentioned in correspondence
- IlanderWitness mentioned in correspondence
- Greg [illegible]Author of correspondence