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Case FileNARA NAID 28983544 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Forest Park, Ill, June 1959June 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Forest Park, Ill, June 1959 in June 1959. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 36.

Reported location

Forest Park, Ill, June 1959

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
BATE 2. LOCATION A ONC UBIBNG
0 Was Balloon
L8 Jus i repeat Pa avic eal 0 Probably Balloon {
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Balloon
; ; ; ’ 0 Was Aircrafe
oO L a -f
Local Te Ee Ground-VYisual Ground-Radar Oo Probably AT
GMT dD EDA QO 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intarcept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0° Probably Astronomical
1 DiNe ATES MRE Ke 0 Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ESN | 0) 17 uh Een |
h 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
9 . ER 2 1 Ruder 0 Unknown
: 3-4 geo 1501 AE iy ik
p 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Nigar chanerd obs w/l or 5 northoles Proballsr a JAY :
g ClEar saaped  ( hy w Sg BR LQ Les., Croan; BT.
Greenish color. Exnaust: 1 1/2 times size
Of obj. Obj traveled in & straight line &
faded into distance & haze of city lights, :
ATIC FORM 329 (RXV 25 S%P 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983544

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