Oak Park, August 1949August 1949

Insufficient Data

Summary

In August or September 1949, a civilian in Oak Park reported seeing an unusual object flying over his house at regular intervals. The witness timed the appearances and observed the object return every eleven minutes over a span of about an hour. The object was flying roughly north-northwest and flashed with a bluish-white color that reminded the observer of a lightning bug. It appeared to be quite high in the sky.

The Air Force received this report in March 1950 and filed it with other similar sightings for future reference. No detailed investigation notes or witness interviews appear in the available case file pages. The Air Force's final evaluation was "Insufficient Data for Evaluation," meaning there was not enough information to reach a conclusion about what the object was.

The full case file, as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below in 7 pages of original documentation.

Reported location

Oak Park, August 1949

Date of incident

August 1949

State / country

? / XX

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 6

£ / E PROJECT 10073 RECORD © Tl. DATE - Tia GROUP 2. LOCATION : § | Aug or Sep 49 Oak Park 3. SCURCE 10. CONCLUSION BF Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION | 4 LUMDER OF GBJECTS § CNE 1 © 5. LENGTH OF CSSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS § | § . WobU Reported Observer sighted an object flying over his house at 11 minute BB intervals. The object was flying NNW and flashing. Its color © 6 TYPE OF OGSERVATION was bluish-white, | —Loaousdalicus BE 7. COuRsE Bc. Proves : 1 a Ves BE i xT No E © 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE BR SNe : ki FORM eT) $3263 0-329 (TDS) Previous editions of this form may be used. £ : | : : |