Chicago Illinois, April 1951April 1951

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 26, 1951, near Chicago, Illinois, a civilian reported a strange object at about 1825 (6:25 p.m.). The sighting lasted about 30 seconds. The witness described a bright silver object at a low altitude of about 100 feet.

The object appeared to almost hover and then move in level flight, heading from north to west. The witness reported it in a letter to military authorities.

The Air Force recorded the case in Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports. The conclusion was that the object was an aircraft.

Reported location

Chicago Illinois, April 1951

Date of incident

April 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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ie PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE ( 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
26 Apr 51 Chicago Illinois D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
RF ae © Geel bg
GMT 26/2325Z 0 Air-Visuol O Air-Intercopt Rodor |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS OU 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 1 Probably Astronomical
B Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE C&EN
0D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
30 seconds 1 N W. S——
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Color was bright silver. Alt was 100', Evaluated as a/c.
Almost hovering then level flight.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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