Chicago, IllinoisOctober 1962

Unidentified

Summary

On October 10, 1962, at 11:03 p.m., a civilian in Chicago, Illinois reported an illuminated object with the appearance of a star in flight moving from west to east. The sighting lasted 15 minutes and involved one object. The witness considered the object a possible satellite and wanted to know if it was ECHO. ECHO data was not available for Chicago at that time, but ECHO was over Toronto, Canada 9 minutes after the sighting. The object would probably have been visible in Chicago. The Air Force evaluated the case as ECHO I.

Reported location

Chicago, Illinois

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

IL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 10 October 1962
3. DATE/TIME: Local [illegible]
GMT: 11/0300Z
5. PHOTOS: Yes / No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 15 minutes

2. LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkboxes] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
6. SOURCE: Civilian
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Illuminated obj with appearance of star in flight in West to East with low power binoculars. Witness wanted to know if obj was ECHO.

12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical
[checkbox marked] Satellite (ECHO I), Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

9. COURSE: East
11. COMMENTS: Witness considered obj as possible Satellite. ECHO data not available for Chicago at this time; ECHO was over Toronto Canada 9 mins after the rptd sighting moving NE & would probably have been visible Im Chicago. Case evaluated as ECHO I.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999504