30 N of Kankakee, IllinoisJuly 1962

Unidentified

Summary

On July 11, 1962, five people about 30 miles north of Kankakee, Illinois, on U.S. 54 reported objects at about 2020 (8:20 p.m.). The objects were in sight for about 15 minutes.

The witnesses described two cone-shaped objects, orange, each with a tail of exhaust about 6 to 7 times as long as the body. The objects were at about the one o'clock position and moved on a straight path from Kankakee toward Chicago before disappearing on the horizon. They were viewed with binoculars. The observers stated the objects were not a falling star and not a jet.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

30 N of Kankakee, Illinois

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

IL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
\. DATE 2. LOCATION “12. CONCLUSIONS
SET 0 Was Balloon
ue $1 3.1 82 "0 N of Kankakee, T111inois|B Probably Balloen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Aan TTA 0 Was Aircraft
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LOCO] ae ll eee ‘©YGround- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
CMT] eds Tol, 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
15. PHOTOS O Was Astronomical
0 ¢ O Yes O Probably Astronomicol |
Ph ae Aivilian O Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9- COURSE 0 Othe oo — |
a “Insufficient Data for Evaluation
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998147