22 Mi NW Of Carbondale, IllinoisFebruary 1960

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 22 Mi NW Of Carbondale, Illinois in February 1960. The full case file (6 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 37.

Reported location

22 Mi NW Of Carbondale, Illinois

Date of incident

February 1960

State / country

IL / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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UNKNOWN (Civilian Pil ot.) PROJECT 10075 RECORD CARD |
l. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
February, 1950 22 mi NW of Carbondale, Illincis|Q@ Was Balloon
3 J BES > $ 2 J © L111 1a Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Droresspyiepieon
LOE i
Loco} Re 8 Ground-Yisual 0 Ground-Radur 0 Vas Aircraft
RI Tr gi 1 Probably Aircraft .
ouT . 3/ 2/067 5 Air Visual 0 Air-intercent Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
7A No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical i
7. LENGTH CF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0) 117 FM Ce AL
$18 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Not Given Una Bast 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY CF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i Fe
Meteor or rocket like object of silver color Limited information. Insufficient for
with blaze on top (or trail ing), moving Bast analysis or conclusion. Unable to
at approximately 2,000 ft. ‘contact pilot who mads initial report.
ATIC FORM 320 (RZY 26 3ZP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985814

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Places

22 Mi NW Of Carbondale, IL Illinois

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-02-01