Waverly, IllinoisNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 8, 1957, at 12:01 a.m. in Waverly, Illinois, a civilian witness reported seeing an object larger than an airplane with white and green coloring. The object had fuzzy or blurred edges, no tail or exhaust, and made no sound. It appeared solid. The object pulled into a driveway, was seen from true north at a 90-degree angle from the top, and orbited out of view after 20 minutes. The sighting was ground-visual with binoculars. On November 9, 1957, there was no trace of daylight in Waverly, Illinois. An age-unknown druggist and 15 other people saw the same object, but information was not given. No trace was found. The Air Force concluded the report was garbled and could not be evaluated.

Reported location

Waverly, Illinois

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

IL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 8 November 1957
2. LOCATION: Waverly, Illinois
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other-Garbled, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank], GMT: 09/0015Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkmark] Ground-Viewed, [checkbox] Ground-Radar, [checkbox] Air-Visuals, [checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: [checkbox] Yes, [checkbox] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 20 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Object larger than an airplane, white and green. Edges of object fuzzy or blurred. No tail or exhaust. No sound, appeared to be solid.
11. COMMENTS: This report is garbled and cannot be evaluated.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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