Urbana, IllinoisSeptember 1960

Unidentified

Summary

On September 28, 1960, a civilian on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Illinois, reported an object at 0120 (about 8:20 p.m. local), at night. The graduate student saw an object shaped like a star and about the size of a star, white with a pulsating dull-red light trailing behind it. There was no sound, no exhaust, and only one object. He looked up to check if the sky was cloudy and saw the object directly overhead. It crossed the sky to the north or northeast and disappeared, visible for about 15 to 20 seconds. The witness compared its speed to the Echo I satellite. The Air Force listed the case as a meteor.

Reported location

Urbana, Illinois

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

IL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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De —— ~~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wes Bolloo
| 28 sep 60 Urbana, Illinois 0 Probably Bellon
L 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION WF. TURENE eee
| EO A RE SE 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 8 Probably Aircrofs
CMT 29/01202 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0D Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Wes Astronomical
O Yes CX Probably Astronomicel Meteor
\ DX Ne | Civilian : O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE fT mrad ST ORR RY GA
i O Insufficient Data for Eveluation
15-20 sec one NNE O Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS x es
: Object shaped like a star and about the size of | The witness reports that the object was
: a star, white with a pulsating dull-red light about the size and shape of a star. That
: trailing behind. No sound. No trail. it was pulsating and was dull red. Even
though no tail or trail existed and the
object was in view for 15-20 sec. It was
probably a meteor.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
AN

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989431