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Chanute AFB, Illinois, July 1960

Date of account
1960-07
Location
Chanute AFB, 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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MULTIPLE PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1Ju160 Chanute AFB,Illinois 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local KGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 02/02302 D AirVisuol D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor DYo 口 Probably Astronomical Military and Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 2-20 s80 four S 口 Unknown 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS During a period of5 hrs there were 4reported Description and duration is typical of oojects seen over the same general area. The meteors. It is ATIc opinion that the objects consisted of flashes of light, greenish cause for these sightings was a meteor white in color,with long trail of spar

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