Plano, IllinoisOctober 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 19, 1956, a civilian in Plano, Illinois reported a ground visual sighting of one round, red, orange, and green object about the size of a baseball at arm's length. The object was high in the sky and remained visually in sight at the time of the initial report. Flashing lights were noted in connection with the sighting. The object's course was unknown. The Air Force evaluation was insufficient data for analysis.

Reported location

Plano, Illinois

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

IL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
19 October 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 17/0021Z

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
X[] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
still in sight

2. LOCATION
Plano, Illinois

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

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
unknown

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

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data for analysis.

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round red, orange and green object, the size of a baseball at arm's length. Flashing lights were noted in connection with the sighting. Object was seen high in the sky visually and was still in sight at the time of the initial report.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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