20 miles SW of Chanute AFB, IllinoisJanuary 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 9, 1956, a light was seen about 20 miles southwest of Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. The Greenwich time was 0120Z on January 10. The sighting was made from the air at night. The observer was a civilian whose name was not given.

The object was a light that changed from red to green to white. It was at about 2,000 feet. Little other detail was reported. A T-6 aircraft based at Chanute went to the general area, searched, and found nothing.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion was INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.

Reported location

20 miles SW of Chanute AFB, Illinois

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

IL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; j |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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Chanute AFB, Illinois Ba Was Ballsen
9 January 1956 20 miles SW of o Erebably Ratiesn
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION hehe Ae
[Fo Bal tue al i ss iets SRI TS O Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar & Probably Aircraft |
oMT_10/01207Z Jan 56 XXAir Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE OD Was Astronomical i
O Yes ; 0 Probobly Astronomical :
X¥ No Civilian (name unknomn) 0 Passibly Astronomical £
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO ther eis dimie Js ol ins
: XXInsufficient Data for Evaluation {
’ OQ Unknown }
unknown unknown unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Red to green to white light seen at Insufficient data for evaluation i
approximately 2000 feet,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964556