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Chicago, Illinois, August 1962

Date of account
1962-08
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 3l August 1962 Chicago.ullinois 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.OATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF O9SERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local DGround-Visual D Probably Aircraft GMT_ 22/04152 AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical CYas 口 ProbablyAstronomical Civilian 口 Possibiy Astronomical DNo 7.LEMGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar. xInsufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 2mins one West 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Moon-like obj, flat & disc shaped. Flight characteristics consistont Like a cop & saucer w/speod faster w/a/c observation. Sighting over than a jet observed by several people.//large city. Probably an a/c Initial obsexvation at 75dgr elev & sighting.Limited data to support disappearance at 75dgr elev.Wx analysis. Case li

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