2 Mi W Of Darwin, IllinoisNovember 1958

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 2 Mi W Of Darwin, Illinois in November 1958. 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 34.

Reported location

2 Mi W Of Darwin, Illinois

Date of incident

November 1958

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Was Balloon
MRA Garber. 1954 0) 6 SA Rao) Yo rw n 111inolis 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Bolloon
: 0 Was Aircraft
0a. L x :
Local Enh ER EER ‘B.Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
3 GMT LY /2204% 0 Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar D Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical
a Yes UO Probably Astronomical
zB No GOC Ob¥ervays 0 Possibly Astronomical
AE ahh, t JELLY SLD Sart
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bo Of Reps iin stat Bh
. O Insufficient Data for Evaluation]
pp i ; pt : 0 Unknown i
A 20 minutes EAA A) horta :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Two fish shaped, red, oblong o Bis Probably a/c flying in trail formp-
size of golf ball, onc one half mile (tion.
behind the other. Suddenly & BES ECTR
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
i ASN SE ALS 5 Be A RB sbi brs Fe CATA BA Gv ad RE fr duit 3

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981069

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Places

2 Mi W Of Darwin, IL Illinois

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-11-01