Rushville, IllinoisJanuary 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 2, 1958, a civilian in Rushville, Illinois reported seeing one unidentified object at 1:33 a.m. The object was described as red and circular with no tail or exhaust, very bright. The witness reported the object orbiting. Length of observation was not given. No elevation, azimuth, direction, or wind and weather data were provided. The Air Force concluded the evaluation was unknown because essential information for evaluation was missing.

Reported location

Rushville, Illinois

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

IL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
   2 Jan 58                          Rushville Illinois            [] Not Balloon
                                                                     [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION           [] Possibly Balloon
   Level                            [] Ground-Visual               []
   GMT    0:/01337                   [] Air-Visual                 [] Was Aircraft
                                     [] Air-Intercept Radar        [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                        6. SOURCE                        [] Possibly Aircraft
   [] Yes                            Civilian                       []
   [X] No                                                           [] Probably Astronomical
                                                                     [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION         8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS             []
   not given                         one                            [] Other
                                                                     [] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   9. COURSE                        [] Unknown
    Very large obj. red circling w/  orbiting
    No tail or exhaust, very bright.
                                11. COMMENTS
                                    No elevation, azimuth, direction,
                                    or wind and weather data given.
                                    cannot conclude w/o this info.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 16 SEP 52)

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