Kankakee, IllinoisSeptember 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 23, 1955, at about 0140Z, a civilian saw an object over Kankakee, Illinois. The sighting lasted about ten minutes.

The witness described one spherical object that changed colors. It appeared very high in the northwest and then disappeared in the same spot. The light faded and then disappeared completely. The object stayed stationary.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably a fixed searchlight. Officers noted that with an almost total overcast, the object was likely seen at or below the cloud level. The fact that the light faded and then disappeared supported the searchlight idea. The card lists the evaluation as other: possibly searchlight.

Reported location

Kankakee, Illinois

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

IL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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4 ZX No : Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION. 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE LT Orne, FOB Searchlights

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. Ten Minutes At one (1) | Stationary Sse

: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING SEE 11:- COMMENTS : (HERRSE SLE 0

E One (1) spherioal object, changing colors, | With almost a total overcast it is

A appeared very high in the EW and disappeared probable that this object was seen

3 in the asme spot. The light faded and then below the oloud level or at the cloud |

4 disappearsad ocmpletely. levels This looks like a fixed

§ searshlight. The fast that the object

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