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2 Mi E Of Mount Prospect, Ill, May 1958

Date of account
1958-05
Location
2 Mi E Of Mount Prospect, Ill
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 20May-58 2 Mi E of Mount Prospect. Probably Balloon Possidly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local t Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 网XGround-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 21/0115Z AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYos 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE xxother Illusion 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 2mins one WNW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Bullet shaped obj, size of quarter, Observer was driving into tle shimmering gold & very bright,station sun & possibly the sun's arey. refraction fm some obj caused an optical illusion. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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