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Case FileNARA NAID 28999061 · T1206 Roll 46

Project Blue Book Case File

Chicago, IllinoisSeptember 1962

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 1962. 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 46.

Reported location

Chicago, Illinois

Date of incident

September 1962

State / country

IL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
1
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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"I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
< 4 O Wos Balloon
12 September 1962 Chicago, Illinois O Probably Bolloen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Pessicly Balloon
: § 0 Wos Aircraft |
: Local LT es B Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor 0 Probobly Aireroft |
; Eee SSuUgSOE 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador DO Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS . 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
O Yes ODO Probably Astronomical
A No Civilia 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CURE TR MG CR I
Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
* GC Unknown
__not rptd FH GREER TATE OR i RAR EA Cm A
10. BRIEF SUMMARY CF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object that looked like a blimp, ringed No duration, flight pattern,
with lights, blinking observed fm positional information or other |
downtown Chicago. essential information for ana-
lysis included in report. Case
listed as insufficient data.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ;
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& 4 i / ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999061

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