MOMENCE, ILLINOISOctober 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On October 19, 1952, a GAP pilot and observer near Momence, Illinois, reported seeing a round silver ball flying at high speed at 1,000 feet altitude while on a search mission. The sighting occurred between 10:15 a.m. and 10:36 a.m. The pilot of aircraft number 3705 was flying slowly at about 90 miles per hour on a search when the object was spotted. The pilot could be reached through Hanalee Squadron at GAP, Illinois Wing, located in Chicago. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as probably a balloon.

Reported location

MOMENCE, ILLINOIS

Date of incident

October 1952

State / country

IL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 16

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
19 Oct 52

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 19/1015CST
GMT 19/1615S

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
GAP pilot and observer, while on search mission, saw round silver ball flying at high speed at 1000' altitude.

2. LOCATION
MOMENCE, ILLINOIS

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[] Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[X] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
GAP Pilot

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
[blank]

11. COMMENTS
1. Description sounds like a balloon.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[X] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28950867