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Case FileNARA NAID 29000768 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Arlington Heights, IllinoisMay 1963

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 Arlington Heights, Illinois in May 1963. 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 47.

Reported location

Arlington Heights, Illinois

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

IL / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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8 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION : 12. CONCLUSIONS
8 Was Balloon
| 5 May 1963 Arlington Hedghts, Illinois |B Erehetly Seles |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION lek Sada a
I i O Wos Aircraft
1 ll ee me XXKGround- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft |
2 diy 0801807. o. 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft |
b 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
3 O Yes DO Probably Astronomical {
9 SKNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
© | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bother
4 O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation {
- FS Any : 0 Unknown :
fo 45 minutes one not given
Ey eo 08 pe ele. eee
a 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING b COMMENTS ir)
1 Circular small silver object at 75-80 Although direction not reported, \
EE jor elevation observed through 7x25 BX.|the descrintion of the obj, its
b Sighting at dusk. Obj jisappeared by motion, and the reported presence
1 fading. University of ¥#isconsin at Mad-l of balloon in area lead to analy-
BB - Jison released a balloon at 2000Z. Obj sis of a halloon sighting.
| ; highly reflective.
1 . "ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000768

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