Springfield, IllinoisSeptember 1955

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Summary

On September 18, 1955, at night, a civilian saw an object near Lake Springfield in Springfield, Illinois. The witness was a 14-year-old student watching for aircraft through Ground Observer Corps channels. The sighting lasted about 45 seconds.

The object was described as round to oval, about the size of a dime held at arm's length. It glowed between yellow, orange, and red, and was said to have a tail. The object came from the east, then made a sharp turn (about 90 degrees) to the south over the observer and disappeared rapidly over the horizon. The sky was very clear.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly the exhaust of a jet aircraft.

Reported location

Springfield, Illinois

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i R

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* [oars 2. LOCATION : 12. CONCLUSIONS

EF 0 Was Balloon

8 18 Sep 22 Fi Illinois 0 Probably Balloon

~ | 3. DATETIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon

g : (Fry | Je he 2 ET a a LE Se ® Ground-Visuadl O Ground-Radar Go Brobobly Alrerl :
FE cut__18/06307 0 Ai~Visual O Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft |
| | 5 PHOTOS . RCE ; 0 Was Astronomical

FE | O Yes O Probably Astronomical

: no civilian (coc) 14 yrs old D Possibly Astronomical

CC —_— NT

| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D et reer rp etre erp :

i : [8] icient Dat uation

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"lio. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :

~ | One oval-round ob), size of dime held at arms |NMMK Observer saw possible exhaust of
* | length was glowing between orange and red. jet air craft.

. | Obj came from E and then turned South over

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