Park Ridge, IllinoisAugust 1958

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Summary

On August 26, 1958, a civilian and his wife in the Park Ridge, Illinois, area (home in Tinley Park, Illinois) reported an unidentified flying object between 9:58 and 10:05 p.m. The man, an engineer, first saw a strange light to the west at about 45 degrees. He got binoculars and watched it pass in front of the full moon. He described the front as cigar-shaped, while the rear looked like a jet stream. The colors were red, white, and orange, and it was about three times as bright as the moon. No sound was heard. The object disappeared in the east. The total travel took about 3 minutes.

Weather was clear with unlimited visibility. The Air Force conclusion on the Project 10073 record card was that an aircraft sighting was possible. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Park Ridge, Illinois

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
id | 0 Wes Belloon :
e_Ausust 165§ Park Ridge, Illinois - prt +14 te od |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION seats auton |
Gg: 58 PM ¥ 0 Was Aircraft |
CR po c Ty cal O Ground-Radar 0: Probably Aircraft :
Nt. al/bso8g awa 1a rs O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
S. ‘PHOTOS » SOUR O Was Astronomicel
QO Yes O Probably Astronomical
X No Civilian o Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE RAR
’ O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
aes than 3 niuutas oLe Last
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Obj cigar-shaped in front, while the A/C sighting possible,
rear looked like a jet stream, No :
: sound, Colors red, whitc & orange,
3 times Drighter than moon, OL)
disappeared in the East,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) /
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979623