Collinsville, Illinois, [ILLEGIBLE] 1958Circa 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 10, 1958, a twelve-year-old boy in Collinsville, Illinois reported seeing a flying object from his bedroom window at approximately 9:50 p.m. The object appeared about the size of a smaller plane and made no sound. It was greenish-white with purple lights, possibly from windows. The boy observed it traveling faster than any jet, descending from a very high altitude before making a 90-degree turn and flying north. The sighting lasted about 2 seconds. The Air Force evaluated the report as insufficient data for evaluation, noting the object's color and movement characteristics but unable to form a valid conclusion about the sighting's nature.

Reported location

Collinsville, Illinois, [ILLEGIBLE] 1958

Date of incident

Circa 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

View transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 1958
2. LOCATION: Collinsville, Illinois
3. DATE AND HOUR: Local [illegible]
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual / Air-Visual
5. SOURCE: Civilian
6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One
7. LENGTH OF SIGHTING: [illegible]
8. [illegible]
9. COURSE: North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: UFO U . . traveling faster than any jet . . . sound. Came down fm very high alt. . turned North. Greenish wht. . . . . with purple lights. Turn was at 90 dir angle.
11. COMMENTS: Possible meteor except that the turn indicated would rule this out. Sighting through window with 2 second duration. Case listed as insufficient data.
12. CONCLUSIONS: Insufficient Data for Evaluation / Unknown
AFIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

/ 3

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979323