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Case FileNARA NAID 29000216 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Gibson City, IllinoisFebruary 1963

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Gibson City, Illinois in February 1963. 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 47.

Reported location

Gibson City, Illinois

Date of incident

February 1963

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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i 1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

E . O Was Balloon

8 7 February 1963 Gibson Cit Illinois o Brobetly Balloon

: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ak ded dla
i ; i O Was Aircraft
1 TT XGround- Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft

A ELA De a AirVYisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft - i
i 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 3 Was Asters &al
A O Yes O Probably Astronomical {
[¢ No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE XXDther Light on tower
i O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| 5 : i O Unknown
; 15 minutes one | stationary
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS
Round red object like lightbulb in Believed to be light on microwave \
; sight at 05 dgr elevation, Direction | relay tower by investigating
| not reported. Sighting near new micro officer,
5 wave relay station. Visibility 4 mi
3 in haze, WX overcast, Object noticed |
i while driving to work, |
; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000216

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