Peoria, Illinois, September 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-09
- Location
- Peoria, 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 I.CATE· 2.L.OCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 18 Sep 55 Peoria, Illinois 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local. #Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 18/2000Z 口 Probably Aircraft GMT D AirVisual 口 Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS .SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probably Astronomical No civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. xooxinsufficient Data for Evaluation "few" seconds 1 SW to NE 口 Unknown 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Long, narrow, no wings, similar to a circus Inconsistant data observed for fdu balloon, grey on one side, orange on other. Beconds,8peed 30-40 knots,passed over- Seemed to be rolling. No Bound,steady alt, head at l,ooo ft at steady pace. appeared to rotate once during flt. INSUFFICTENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
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