USAF · 1947 to 1969
Project Blue Book Case Files
The U.S. Air Force's 22-year investigation into reported UFO incidents, drawn from the National Archives. Each case below has a journalistic summary written from the original file. Use the search box to find a place or date, or filter by state and year.
14 cases in IL from 1960 · page 1 of 1
23 mi S Of Joliet, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn May 31, 1960, observers near Braidwood and Joliet, Illinois spotted a bright object in the night sky. The main witness, a local official with strong credibility, watched a brill…
Arlington Heights, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn December 25, 1960, a civilian in Arlington Heights, Illinois reported seeing an unidentified object at 5:15 p.m. local time. The object was oval to round in shape, approximately…
Champaign, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn June 7, 1960, a photographer in Champaign, Illinois filmed what turned out to be one of Project Blue Book's more unusual cases: an unidentified bright object that moved across t…
Champaign, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn September 22, 1960, two young civilians near Champaign, Illinois, reported an object northwest of the city at about 0007 (just after midnight, local). They described a yellowish…
Chanute AFB, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn the morning of July 2, 1960, multiple witnesses at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois reported seeing unusual lights in the sky over a five-hour span. The first two observers, a…
Chanute AFB, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn the night of July 27, 1960, an airman stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois saw something bright and unusual cross the sky. Airman Stelle, a weather observer, was on d…
Chicago, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn April 6, 1960, an airman stationed near Chicago wrote to the U.S. Air Force to report that he had witnessed what he believed was the disintegration of the Soviet satellite Sputn…
Crete, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn August 29, 1960, a man driving north on Illinois Route 1 near Crete, Illinois saw a gleaming, chrome-colored object hovering just above the ground. He watched it through his car…
Decatur, IL
1960 · unidentified# A Persistent Quest for Evidence in Decatur, Illinois In May 1960, Dorothy A. Hott, a resident of Decatur, Illinois, reported that she had repeatedly observed what she described…
Essex, IL
1960 · unidentifiedIn August 1960, residents of Essex, Illinois found multiple foil strips on the ground. A civilian reported the discovery and sent samples to Chanute Air Force Base for identificati…
Glenview, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn August 31, 1960, a civilian woman reported a flying object to the Navy at Glenview, Illinois, at about 11:30 p.m. local time. The object was cylindrical and illuminated. It was…
Gurnee, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn the night of September 1960, a resident of Gurnee, Illinois watched what he described as a bright, star-like object moving across the sky. The object appeared on the horizon at…
Urbana, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn 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 a…
Vicinity Monticello, IL
1960 · unidentifiedOn the evening of July 26, 1960, Mrs. Ennis, a housewife, was riding in a car driven by her husband on Highway 47 near Monticello, Illinois. It was around dusk. Her seven-year-old…
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