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Case FileNARA NAID 28983100 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Niles, IllinoisApril 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

The OCR quality of this case file is too degraded to support a reliable summary. While the cover sheet indicates a sighting in Niles, Illinois in April 1959 involving a bright white object estimated at 1000 mph, the subsequent pages are largely illegible due to scanning and OCR errors. Critical details from witness questionnaires, investigative notes, and analysis cannot be read with confidence. The full case file, 13 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Niles, Illinois

Date of incident

April 1959

State / country

IL / US

Page count

13 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 13
Transcribed text
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4 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
4 I. DATE PERE 2. LOCATION 12. cancLusions it

1 | Was Balloon |
4 ie NEI THT nate 0 Probably Belloon |
p SALE EEE A Eee EE Stoel SE ER LV SE Se ER SAS RL TEA SR StF tbat Bhlllly EEE ng Umble Be eS EE SAL SEs ESC > sibly B

: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Berl pl oe

; {26 mn | seesies nde bE (HOT Ooh Ee 0 Ground-Visuval 0 Cround-Radar = Rall

4 (o) ERR EAT 3 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Redor | 2 Possibly Aircraft

1 5. PHOTOS Sea SE SOU GRR ae a CEREAL he 0 Was Astronomical

3 OU Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

| C Ne tiard lan 0 Possibly Astronomical

1 7. LENGTH OF OB3ERVATION |'8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |O Other re

| | O° Insufficient Data for Evaluation

3 i | 0 Urknown

LE RE a RATS Onl [LSE

4 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1 COMMENTS 3

| Rude white ‘obi, appeared as a bright svar, Insufficient informatic Le 18 4

19) 1S apy PE A Ene Ba TRY 21 a1En 0 1103 yanks a Solel

i cab dmated at 1000 MPH abt iatancos of 10 +0 2D

4

3 ATIC FORM 329 (RXV 25 SEP 52)
1 |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983100

Connected across the archive

Places

IllinoisNiles, IL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-04-01

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