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Northfield, Illinois, May 1963

Date of account
1963-05
Location
Northfield, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon Northfield,Illinois 口 Probably Balloon 11 May 1963 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Advertising Ligt Ground-Radar Local XKGround-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 12/0215Z Ai~Visual Air-intercopt Radar 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 5. PHOTOS 口Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol KNO 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 25 minutes one Northeast 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round whiteobject 75 ft in diameter Subsequent investigation indi- with windows flying to the NE at a slow cates that an a/c with advertis- speed.Sighting of obj at 7o dgr azimuth ing lights was operating inarea. at apparont altitude of 7oo ft.obj (case can be correlated w/sight- at distance. Had oscill

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