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Chicago, Illinois, August 1955

Date of account
1955-08
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 25Aug55 Chicago,Illinois 口 Wos Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircrafr Local 口 Probably Aircraft 26/0310Z D AirVisuol D Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Y.s 口 Probobly Astronomical αNo civilian(taxi-driver) 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othorunreliable.rpt ten minutes three circling 口 Insufficient Dato forEvaluotion 口 Unknown 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Three,cylindrical objs,approximately six feet Concur with opinion of Reporting Officef in length,blue with white exhaust, and of unreliable report. (Observer in- apparently circling Chicago. toxicated at time of sighting.) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP S2)

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