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Niles, Illinois, April 1959

Date of account
1959-04
Location
Niles, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon Tilinois 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local Ground-Visuol Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT_23/0200Z AirVisuol D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYes 口 ProbabiyAstronomicol DNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar 口 lnsufficiant Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 2to21/2nins one upward TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Rnd,vhite obj, appeared as a bright Insuffieient information for prooer of a half dollar. Obj was ascending evaluation. nd disappeared in a high eloud bank. stipated at 1oo0 MPH at e distance of 1o to 20 niles. ATIC FORM329 (RXY263EP 52)

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