Chicago, IllinoisJanuary 1963

Unidentified

Summary

On January 30, 1963, a 12 year old civilian in Chicago, Illinois, reported a black rectangular object with a bright light in front of it. The object was about the size of a basketball in apparent size. The witness was about 6 miles southeast of Midway Airport. The sighting lasted about 30 seconds.

The object first appeared high in the sky, then maneuvered. It seemed to disappear and reappear, flew level, and turned to the southwest, where it faded out at about 30 degrees above the horizon. It made no sound and seemed highly maneuverable. Visibility was about 7 miles in light snow.

The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, said weather conditions pointed to a possible aircraft with a landing light. It concluded the maneuvers, flight, and duration matched an aircraft and evaluated the case as aircraft.

Reported location

Chicago, Illinois

Date of incident

January 1963

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS A
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GMT 31/00004 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft i
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical £
a O Yes O Probobly Astronomical J
A BXo 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [Jiro 7 CBS VE ECR aA i
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- 30 seconds one | maneuverabld to southwest
* |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Black rectangular object with bright WX conditons indicate possible |
* | light preceeding object, maneuvering a/c with landing light. Descrip- |
FE ox couras at initial observation of tion of maneuvers, flight &
i oe & ie de to Se Se reappear- | duration are consistent with this |
; ing eading in level flight turn-| analysis. Case evaluated as a/c.
2 ing to SW where it disappeared at 30 |
E dgr elevation, Total sighting time 30
1 seconds. Disappearance gradual, Object
4 high maneuverable, Visibility 7 miles
1 in light snow, Witness 12 year old,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000161