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Rantoul, Ill., June 1962

Date of account
1962-06
Location
Rantoul, Ill.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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MAHEK,James A. PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 7June 1962 Rantoul,Ill. 口 Probabiy'Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIMEGROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Loc.2310 白Ground-Visucl Ground-Rodar 口 WasAircroft 口 ProbablyAircraft 8/0510 CMT. AirVisucl Air-lntercepRadar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomical No Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OFOBJECTS 9.COURSE Other_Poss Moon 口 Insufficient Data for Evaiuation 3-4Min. 口 Unknown 1 in the W 10.BRIEPSUMMARYOFSICHTING 11.COMMENTS Apear shaped object,pinkish orange in color fThe object responsible for this sighting and size of a grapefruit was sighted ina was probably the setting moon. Absolute westerly direction from Rantoul,Ill.Witness time for moon set at the vitnesses loda- stated that object radiated from bottom and tion was 2326.Absol

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