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Case FileNARA NAID 28963895 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Morengo, IllinoisOctober 1955

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Morengo, Illinois in October 1955. The full case file (4 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 24.

Reported location

Morengo, Illinois

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
| |
ERE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
"| pave 2. LOCATION i 12. CONCLUSIONS |
E- fo Oct 55 prengo, Illinois. Re a Probably Balloon
|. > DATE-TiNE GROUP “|4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8. Possibly Balloon
: 4 1 - . . . (a) e w * Ai § . z
BE 7 TE XIX Ground-Visuel O Ground-Rader (u] Probe Alvcrats
FE pen | 5 | | 0 Air Vial O Air-Intercept Radar | DO Possibly Aircraft
| ‘15. PHOTOS : SOURCE SA SOE MX * Was Astronomicaipltair
El 0 Yes : 0 Probably Astronomical
3 2 DNs ; sivilian (coo) & military O Possibly Astronomical :
© 17 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ETON ene fT
A i vertical flight a re rpg Data for Evaluation
1 “10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: 11. COMMENTS
~ - Pne triangular rege ga changing red to green Comcur with reporting officer.
1 appeared at 170° and 45 elevation. Obj seen Sighting was generated by a star/Altair. |
Eo ATIC PONM 329 (REV 26 SRP 52)
: ; ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963895

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

IllinoisMorengoMorengo, IL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-10-01