Peoria, IllinoisJuly 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Peoria, Illinois in July 1957. The full case file (3 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 28.

Reported location

Peoria, Illinois

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

IL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
July 1957

2. LOCATION
Peoria, Illinois

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [blank]
GMT 03/0001Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X-D Ground-Visual
[] Air-Visual
[] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Two hours

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Two

9. COURSE
West

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon Arcturus
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two objects sphere shaped, color silver. One object 5 miles behind other one. Appeared to have a red light on it.

11. COMMENTS
Arcturus in position reported.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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