20 miles SW of Chanute AFB, Illinois, January 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-01
- Location
- 20 miles SW of Chanute AFB, 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 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Chanute AFB,Illinois 口 Was Balloon 9 January 1956 20 miles Sw of 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 Was Aircraft Local. Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_10/0120Z Jan 56 XKAirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical XXNo Civilian （name unknown) 口 Passibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other αXInsufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknawn unknown unknown unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Red to green to white light seen at Insufficient data for evaluation approximately 2000 feet. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)
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