Danville, IllinoisJune 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On June 25, 1954, military witnesses near Danville, Illinois, watched a strange object for about two hours. A call from the University of Illinois airport in Champaign first drew their attention. The object was pear shaped and the apparent size of a pinhead. It looked silver blue and transparent, with no trail, tail, or exhaust and no sound.

The object stayed at about 45 degrees elevation, then drifted gradually toward the northwest and disappeared as the sun set. Observers used binoculars, a 60 power telescope, and a movie camera. Pilots of two airline flights also saw it.

The Air Force record card listed the object as probably a weather balloon, based on its description and manner of flight.

Reported location

Danville, Illinois

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

IL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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“2G AECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
AR ER NT pes I I TOU & Was Bolloon
Oona Hig | JArtyI Ley lilincas 3 Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP [472% OF OBSERVATION Sie oral i)
! Ba 7 0 Was Aivcroft
Local CE Sa ep | 8 Ground-Visuol D Ground-Reder OO Probably Aircroft
3 oF Brel Tal : N i i
OMe md dri } 3 AirVYisuol O Airsintarcept Rodor O° Rossibly Airereit
: 5. PHOTOS Er [ 3. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
: 1) Yes lOVLE OD Probably Astronomicol
] OoNs Camera Military 3 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 14. MUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BONN i
0 insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 hours i WNW ke Ubkhowm
BEES eR el Ce ee ee
(to. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
1 Pear shaped objsct, No sound, No unusual Probably weather ¥ ballcon from all
features, Simila®x tc balloon, indications,
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