Wheaton, IllinoisMay 1956

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Summary

On May 20, 1956, in Wheaton, Illinois, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting at about 9:50 p.m. local time. The witness watched it for about 23 minutes with the naked eye.

The object was round and about the size of a dime held at arm's length. It was white to pink in color and bright. It appeared to drift to the northwest. The witness was a fireman for a railroad.

The sky was clear with 15 miles of visibility. The Air Force sent a message asking for more information. A reply indicated the sighting was in all probability caused by the planet Venus. The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, listed the conclusion as astronomical (Venus).

Reported location

Wheaton, Illinois

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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| : bi PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Biss |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; ; 0 Was Balloon
: 20 May 1956 Wheaton, Illinois DO Probably Balloon
Eo 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i: ressiBy Balieon
150 eo) BRAG Shc os Ts ay XR Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
i GMT 21/ 03502 ; 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
{ 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE XX Was Astronomical Vonus
O Yes BX Probably Astronomical BX
XNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE WESTBY AL EL
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Ee x O Unknown
: approx 23 minutes one NW :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
{ One round object, the size of a dime | A message requesting more infor-
; held at arm's length, white to pink mation was sent to the 735th
¢ in color, Bright, appeared to be ACWRON. Reply indicated that
' drifing sorthwest. this sighting inall probability
1 was caused by the planet Venus,
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
| bo | : |
| ' E 2 > . & 2 ’ “

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965680