Netonset, Illinois, [ILLEGIBLE]Date unknown

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Summary

On September 15, 1952, at 0945 hours (9:45 a.m.), a person at Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts reported a white circular object of light in the sky over western Illinois. The object was oval in shape. It was observed at a high altitude near location AM 1115 by residents of Netonset, Illinois. Both observations were made visually. The 755th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron in Williams Bay, Wisconsin investigated the report and found no radar contact or aircraft in the area at the time. Weather at Otis AFB showed broken clouds at 25,000 feet and excellent visibility. An official evaluation was not determined from the available pages.

Reported location

Netonset, Illinois, [ILLEGIBLE]

Date of incident

Date unknown

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Netonset, Illinois 12. CONCLUSIONS [checkboxes for:] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical [or] Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [checkboxes for:] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Aircraft-Interception Radar 5. SOURCE OCO Poss 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [blank] 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 9. COURSE [blank] 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING White color. Streak then oval. 11. COMMENTS [illegible]