Morton Grove, IllinoisAugust 1956

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 Morton Grove, Illinois in August 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Morton Grove, Illinois

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

IL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
6 August 1956

2. LOCATION
Morton Grove, Illinois

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 07/0345Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XGround-Visual  Ground-Radar
  AirVisual      Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
 Yes
 XNo

6. SOURCE
Civilian (GOC)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Still in sight
fifteen minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
[illegible]

12. CONCLUSIONS
 A. Probably Balloon
 B. Probably Aircraft
 C. Probably Aircraft
 D. Possibly Aircraft
 E. Was Astronomical
 F. Probably Astronomical
 G. Possibly Astronomical
 H. Other
 I. Insufficient Data for Evaluation
 J. Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One small orange star-shaped object which resembled a kite with a light object was sighted 500 feet altitude in the area. Object was stationary and was still in sight after being viewed visually for 10 minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Description of sighting indicates that sighting was possibly caused by a balloon.

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