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Case FileNARA NAID 28970209 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Chicago, IllinoisJune 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Chicago, Illinois in June 1957. The full case file (2 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 28.

Reported location

Chicago, Illinois

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

IL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                           2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
2 June 1957                       Chicago, Illinois              □ Was Balloon
                                                                  □ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP               4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         □ Possibly Balloon
Local ____                        □Ground-Visual                 □ Was Aircraft
0612/2218 & 2225Z               □ Air-Visual          □ Air-Intercept Radar    □ Probably Aircraft
                                                                  □ Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                         6. SOURCE                      □ Was Astronomical
□ Yes                             Civilian                        □ Probably Astronomical
 □No                                                              □ Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION          8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE    □ Other
not reported                      one                   East to West □ Insufficient Date for Evaluation
                                                                    □ Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING    11. COMMENTS
One object shiny, Traveling E to W.  Poor report-insufficient data.
Two sightings by same individual.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970209

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