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Chanute AFB, Illinois, March 1962

Date of account
1962-03
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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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 19 Mar 62 Chanute AFB,Illinois 口 WasBolloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 口 Probabiy Boiloon 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Boiloon 1825 Locol Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar WasAircraft 20/00252 GMT 口 ProbablyAircraft DAirVisuoi 5.PHOTOS DAir-Intsrcopt Radqr 口 Possibiy Aircraft 6.SOURCE DYos Was Astronomical CXNo Military 口 ProbablyAstronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 10min one 口 InsufficiontData forEvaluation varied 口 Unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING Round object aprox 1/5 size of moon sighted to 11.COMMENTS Venus was in a direction coincident with wNW by sereral witnesses.Object was orange in that reported for the object.The planet lcolor and appeared to be moving either toward was just settingand was of-3.4 magaitud or away from witnesses.Object disappeared Witnesses probably obs

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