Skokie, IllinoisJune 1963

Unidentified

Summary

On June 8, 1963, at about 9:30 p.m., a witness saw a bright object on the Edens Highway between Skokie and Highland Park, Illinois. The observer was a civilian, an 11-year-old who wrote to the Secretary of Defense. The case was recorded in Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness described one very bright, rotating object with lit portholes all the way around it. The estimated altitude was about 2,000 feet. The boy said his father, brother, and a cousin also saw it. The duration and any motion were not reported.

The Air Force comment said the description suggested an advertising aircraft with an electric sign operating in that area. But because no motion was reported, the case was listed as insufficient data.

Reported location

Skokie, Illinois

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

IL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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a. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
"7. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

§ 0 Was Boll |
4 8 June 1963 Skokie, Illinois D Probably Balloon i
| |S DATETIME GROUP [4 TYPEOF OBSERVATION | Possibly Balloon |
] Local CO eS Se 5 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar g hf ia ght: oft
i eMTQ2/03207Z 0 AirVisvol O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft |
| 5. PHOTOS +» SOURCE 9 Hou Aghonomical : |
E 1 (a) : t i

| ig civilian O Possibly Astronomical

BE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Othepics cl Pigs Bo ee cl :
2 xn sufficient Dote for Evaluation

; | not reported one ot reported 0 Unknown |

& [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Erp : 11. COMMENTS |

i Witnessing car between Skokie and Highland Duration and motion omitted. Description

| Park, Illinois observed a very bright Indicates possible observation of the

a rotating light with portholes all the way advertising a/c operating in this area

© | around. Estimated altitude, 2,000 ft. with an electric sign. However, since

4 no motion was reported the case is

1 considered as insufficient data.

E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

EF | A)

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