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River Forest, Illinois, January 1958

Date of account
1958-01
Location
River Forest, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 1-9Jan 58 River Forest,lllinois 口口 Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION Local-0100 to 0130 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 6Yes film 口 Probably Astronomical ONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown not given one North 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Soureefirstthought the obj to be Exact time or date not given. an unusually large star and observed t Source located under heavy aix for 5 mins through binoculars,during traffie. The majority going E-w which time it appeared to be moving Source stnted obj approaching toward her & increasing in size.Sbe fm West & t

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