Highland Park, IllinoisJune 1961

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 Highland Park, Illinois in June 1961. The full case file (5 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 42.

Reported location

Highland Park, Illinois

Date of incident

June 1961

State / country

IL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: ET iy vr yr ym ee EINES | CR RR
l. DATE 2. LOCATION [ 12. CONCLUSIONS |
y To Hirnla Par) [11ino lo Was Balloon
| Fd fe Re (0 Probably Balloon
S— . PE pS SE  — rere —————— " Possibly Ball
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |©@ Possibly Balloon l
| | A
BOB senses asin. | 0 Grotnds Visual 0 Ground-Rador IS Son fee
i : in 3 | | a Probably Aircraft
3 J 1M 5 3 it reer
$ 0B rb Mind, wand cdl Foe ERI HY | 0 Air Visuol DO Air-lntarcept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft |
¢ 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE O., Was Astronomical g :
5 OQ Yas i 4 A £3<~ Probably Astronomical
© I'Ne | LAV1Liian 0 Possibly Astronomical |
1 7. LENGTM OF C3SERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ 18 Other EL ESE ALAN |
i | £1 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 2 minutes | ’ South 0 Unknown
| [— bo Cline mmtitindss ssa sl Sd 0 ma ERT RRR UR FE OE SR SN SA LU AON
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
wound ob jzct size of 8 Win white glow SLEhBIng has chavark ant adds. of
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992911

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Places

Highland Park, IL Illinois

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-06-01