Des Plaines, IllinoisOctober 1962

Unidentified

Summary

On October 4, 1962, a housewife in Des Plaines, Illinois, reported a sighting at night. The time was about 0730Z. The witness did not actually see an object.

The woman said a window lit up with a red-orange glow and she heard a hum. When she went to another room to look, whatever caused it was gone within about 5 seconds. The night was clear with no moon.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said it could be a meteor or a light reflection from an unidentified source. The report was incomplete and no investigation of the cause was made. The case was listed as insufficient data.

Reported location

Des Plaines, Illinois

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

IL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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hdli al PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD UST I SOE
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. C.‘ELUSIONS
0 Was’Balloon
es Plane llinois QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possilly Belioan
LOU iii XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Redar - Brobekly River oft
GMT 04/ 07302 a Air Visvol 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
5. ‘PHOTOS . O Was Astronomical |
QO Yes DO Probably Astronomical
fio Civilian O Possibly Astronomiceol |
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHR RRR REWER SR Ee
. | XX insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown J
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS id
Window lit up with red-orange glow. Possible meteor sighting. Also
Witness heard hum, Did not see obj. Possible light reflection fm
Wentoto other room for a look at unidentified source. Rpt
obj & it was gone (5 sec), incomplete and no investigation |
as to possible cause made, Case
listed as insufficient data,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999430