Chicago, Illinois, March 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-03
- Location
- Chicago, 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS QxWasBalloon 14 March 1956 Chicago, Illinois 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Local XCGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT15/0251Z Air-Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Was Astronomical DYos 口 ProbablyAstrcnonical EANo Civilian & Military(GoC) 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口. Othar- 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown thirty minutes one seedescript ion 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object, size unknown,white Drobable balloon sighting. Rising in color,similar to a ligt was seen motion and description indicate directly above the observer.The this evaluation. object appeared to "move back & forth" and then faded from sight after l/2 hour. ATICFORM329(REV 26SEP52)
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