Chicago, Ill., May 1962May 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 14-15, 1962, a witness in Chicago, Illinois, reported seeing an object described as round and about the size of a golf ball held at arm's length. The sighting took place between 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., though the exact time is unclear from the report. The witness observed the object through ground visual observation, meaning they saw it with their own eyes from the ground.

The object's motion was unusual. According to the report, it moved back and forth and up and down. The witness also said the object appeared to be revolving, or spinning.

The Air Force received limited information about this sighting. A form submitted by the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron at O'Hare International Airport noted that the object was described as glowing, colored green and red with a rainbow appearance, and that the witness was located outside Chicago. However, the official Air Force evaluation stated that "sufficient data was not submitted in report to allow a fair evaluation." As a result, the Air Force marked the case as having unknown status, meaning investigators could not determine what the object was.

The complete case file, consisting of 7 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Chicago, Ill., May 1962

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. I. DATE 2. LOCATION . CONCLUSIONS |
3 fa hr LL] 0 Was Balloon i
1 ’ 14-15 May 62 Caletagoy lil, 0 Probably Bolloon i
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A 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF O35ERVATION ¥, Eeusipiy eaiom
= ik 7: 0300-0800 : 0 Was Aircraf
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9 Sto yee 8 Ground- Visual 2 Ground-Rodar 8 Piobalily Alterobt
b GAT El: : re a AirVisual £1 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircralt
E- 5. 'PHOTCS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
4 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
E © No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION TE RUNSER CE DIIECTE [9 COURSE ~~ © | ONep
3 . II Insufficient Data for Evaluation
a ds 0 Unknown
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. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING UD Jt described as 1. COMMENTS Sufficient data was not sub-
4 round and size of a golf tall at arms length mitted in report to allow ea fair !
: vas observed by witness in Chicago, Ill. evaluation.
2 Motion zscribad to objt was reported as back
E end forth and up and down. It was also re-
3 ported to be revolving.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997284