10 Mi N of Huntley, IllinoisMarch 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 10 Mi N of Huntley, Illinois in March 1955. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 22.

Reported location

10 Mi N of Huntley, Illinois

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

: Crh PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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4 CAN 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 dap 0 Yas Balloon
i 2 March 1955 10 Mi N of : Huntley, 5 11 inois = EL ohaMy 12] bea
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION bode doc chloe
1 co 0 Wes Aircraft
1 a XX Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar Bo BU Rains
b " ‘ ” b Dy sal . |
4 CIT. 02/2 300% Cf Rn 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rader 0 Possibly Aircraft
A 5 PROTO LT [CHR AE RUA | SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
3 O Yes 0 Probobly Astrenomical
4 MHN Civilian 0 Possibly Astrorniomicol
EE % od Prat PRG. AB AR TE 0 a a A EC Ee RE ¢ 4 2 ; :
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE X% otheroh Reflection
1 0D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
8 0 Unknown
i 0 IRR 1 three. Darn lel to source 3:8
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Long balloon shape. Twenty feet in Probable reflection phenomenon
1 length, Two either side at ground due to fatigue of source who
4 level, one 500 feet above, Eight | operated continually from 17007
i red lights with white lights on each vehicle
| end. Object on right shot out a red to 2300%Z,
4 lighted cross for 5 minutes. Source
| driving in car. Object flew parallel to
1 car for 10 minutes and was approx
id 5 above terrain. By daylight obj was
Bo gone,
! i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961378

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

10 Mi N of Huntley 10 Mi N of Huntley, IL Illinois

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-03-01