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Park Ridge, Illinois, August 1958

Date of account
1958-08
Location
Park Ridge, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT 10073 REC0RD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 26 August l958 Park Ridge,Illinois 口 Probably Bolloon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 9:58PM D Ground-Rodar 口 Wos Aircraft XXGround-Vi sual 27/0358Z. oaiwcylars GMT Air-lntercept Rodor 口 Possibly Aircraft S.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol aYes Probobly Astronomical ONo. Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 0口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation less than 3 minutos one East 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Obj cigar-shaped in front, while the A/C sighting possibie. rear looked like a jet stream. No sound.Colors red, white & orange, times brighter than moon.Obj disappeared in the East. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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