Northfield, IllinoisMay 1963

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 Northfield, Illinois in May 1963. 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 47.

Reported location

Northfield, Illinois

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

:
: be PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. 0 Was Balloon | ’
£ 11 May 1963 Northfield, Illinois a pabady Lh odd
P 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION By ReREChy Be loon A
E gavertis ing Ligt
(Vg BE te ho A CC AS Che XKGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar os Arerary |
= 7 0 Probably Aircraft |
4 GMT 12/02157 O Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft i
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PE 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical
BE O Yes O Probably Astronomical i
a i 3KNo ; Military A O Possibly Astronomical i
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& 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [0 FRO] 1 4) f pet Cd dnd ER i Er | |
Eo DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
9 25 minutes one Northeast [Baten
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g 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A Round white object 75 ft in diameter Subsequent investization indi- - |
t with windows flving to the NE at a slov cates that an a/c with advertis
FE speed, Sighting of obj at 70 dgr azimuth ing lights was operating in area, :
E at apparent altitude of 700 ft Ob (case can be correlated w/sight-
E at distance. Had oscillating or spinning ing at Evanston, Ill on. 15 May.)
Ff motion, In sight for 25 minutes, SightipgSame obj sighted by Dr. Hynek.
E by six men of military unit.
- ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000789

Connected across the archive

Places

Illinois Northfield, IL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-05-01