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Arlington Heights, Illinois, May 1963

Date of account
1963-05
Location
Arlington Heights, 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 10073RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION Cx Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 5May 1963 Arlington Heights, Illinois 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircroft Local 口 Possibly Aircraft 06/0130Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar GMT 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical Yos 口 Possibly Astronomical Civilian KNO 9.COURSE 口 Other. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficiont Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown one not given 45 minutes 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Although direction not reported, Circular small silver object at 75-80 .the deseription of the obj,its dgr elevation observed through 7x25 Bx. motion, and the reported presence Sighting at dusk.Obj disappeared by of balloon in area lead to analy- fading. University of wisconsin at Mad sis of a balioon

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