Springfield, Illinois, September 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-09
- Location
- Springfield, Illinois
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 18 Sep 55 Springfield,Illinois 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar Locol Probobly Aircroft 18/0630Z D Ai~Visual D Air-lntercopt Radar GMT 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical OYos civilian (G0c) 14 yrs o1d 口 Possibly Astronomicol 0.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other. 7.LENOTH OP OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 45 seconds 1 EtoWtoS 口 Unknown 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One oval-round obj, size of dime held at arms Nik Observer sav possible exhaust of length was glowing between orange and red. jet afr craft. Obj came from E and then turned South over observer. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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