Swansea, Illinois, November 1957
- Date of account
- 1957-11
- Location
- Swansea, 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 onlyPROJECT 10073 REC0RD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 1 November 1957 Swansea, Iliinois Probably Bulloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XD Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Wus Aireraft Local 口 Probably Aircruft 02/0245Z DAirVisuol DAir-Intercopt Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Dx Was Astronomical Me teOr OiYes 口 Probabiy Astronomical O.No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 5 seconds one descending 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round, reddish object, size of base The description is of a meteor. ball at arm's length.A distinct spark shot out of the burning object during its flight.Object burned out. （In #l Nov 57Folder as #26) ATIC FORM 329(REV 26 SEP 52)
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