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Case FileNARA NAID 28988843 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Chicago, IllinoisSeptember 1960

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 Chicago, Illinois in September 1960. The full case file (5 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 40.

Reported location

Chicago, Illinois

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

IL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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I. DATE | 2 LocaTION | 12. CONCLUSIONS |

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I. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |

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| oT en SE i | 0 AisViwoel 0 Air-Intarcept Rodar O Possibly Alrerel |
= es AAT IRAN LB JERS PERE 0 Wos Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomicol |

| a Ne | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 7. COURSE OQ Other |

| 183 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation |

2 min one mansuvared 0 Unknown

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). BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING {11. COMMENTS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988843

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