Des Plaines, Illinois, October 1962
- Date of account
- 1962-10
- Location
- Des Plaines, Illinois
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CLUSIONS 口 Was'Balloon 4 Qctober 1962 Des Planes,Illinois 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION .Local xkGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 04/0730Z Ai~Visuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical aYes 口 Probably Astronomical XXO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other. ZXinsufficient Date for Evaluation 口 Unknown 1-2 seconds one South 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Window lit up with red-orange glow. Possible meteor sighting. Also Witness heard hum. Did not see obj. Possible light reflection fm Wentoto other room for a look at unidentified source. Rpt obj & it was gone (5 sec). incomplete and no investigation as to possible cause made.Case listed as insufficient data. ATIC
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