Monticello, IllinoisNovember 1960

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 Monticello, Illinois in November 1960. 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 40.

Reported location

Monticello, Illinois

Date of incident

November 1960

State / country

IL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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AARNE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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%. DATE 2. LUGCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 Toy 60 Monticello, Illinois § Jes Perea
spoons SBap as 0D Probobly Bulloon
————————r i —— A Se A A —————————- sibly Bol
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2. Foasivly Suiiown
Eo a NN Riis 17 GoundeYisual 13 Graund-Rodar a Prob “Fb ; |
i pa J sits 44 adel
Sa RRR 10 98 0 Air Vizvol O Alr-Intercept Rode | 0 Possibly Alreralt
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 1 Wos Astromomizol
0 Yes Sa 0 Probably Astennomizol
TN ’ ; . Civilian O Possibly Astronamizol
EGON 5 REE GR IN: SSR :
7. LENGTH OF OA3ZRYATION ©, HUMBER OF OBJECTS | 7. COURSE 4 Otherbrob reflealicn
0  Inauflicient Data for Evaluation
3/2 to 1 hr two Back snd forth DO Unknown
10. DRIZE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING IL COMMENTS
wo round flat discs, moving back and forth in |The movement and duretion of the objects
tracking motion, Ne sound. Objects diseppeared |indieste that they were probably spot
suddenly as in a short burst to the HN. lights,
-~ Ce atiofen eset SL ae ct. SA SA BS - a ————————— a ———— —————————— — |
ATIC FORM 229% (REY 25 SEP 82)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989999

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Places

Illinois Monticello, IL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-11-01