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Case FileNARA NAID 28976378 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Hillsboro, IllinoisJanuary 1958

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 Hillsboro, Illinois in January 1958. The full case file (3 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 31.

Reported location

Hillsboro, Illinois

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

IL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 2 January 58
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: GMT 02/0710Z
5. PHOTOS: No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2-4 mins
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: White burst of light w/sound of clap of thunder. At first source thought it was a car light, but it burst and was too bright for car lith light. Light on ground.

2. LOCATION: Hillsboro, Illinois
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual
6. SOURCE: Civilian
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: [illegible]
9. COURSE: not given
11. COMMENTS: Light on ground. Not fall within definition of flying object.

12. CONCLUSIONS:
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Insufficent Data for Evaluation
Unknown
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976378

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