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Maywood, Illinois, August 1962

Date of account
1962-08
Location
Maywood, 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 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 0281962 Mayzood,.lllinoi 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possioly Bolloon Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft 15/0300Z OxProbablyAircraft GMT. DAi~Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Yes 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probabiy Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 3mins 口 Unknown one SW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Bright shiny yellow obj,solid,moving Probably a/e sighting. Rotating behind a cloud,flight not.steady & light & flight characteristies pbj changed shape.Was fuzzy or blur- consistent w/this analysis. red,no sound,size of a large passen ger plane. observed in West obj disap eared behind cloud in Sw,sighting during bright moonlithight

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