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Chicago, Ill., December 1961

Date of account
1961-12
Location
Chicago, Ill.
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 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 26 Dec61 Chicago,Ill. 口 Probably Bollcon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Loco12110 KGround-Visual 口 ProboblyAircrof GMT_27/0310 DAirVisuol DAir-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol Yes 口 ProboblyAstronomiccl ONo 口 PossiblyAstronomicol Civilian fraction or Foon and 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 口 Insufficient Deto forEvaluation 口 Unknown 35min. 6or7 None. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS An orange and yellow object 1/2 as bright as Highly probable that moon ana bright moon was cbserved generally to E of a Chicago star Alpha Leo (Regulus) were objects location at 2llo local.Object was reported responsible for this sighting. to have 5-6 snaller objects arouni it.UFo Astrononical bodies were just risin

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