Niles, Illinois, August 1963
- Date of account
- 1963-08
- Location
- Niles, 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS .DATE 口 Was Balloon 14Aug63 Niles,Illinois 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibiy Balioon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OSSERVATION X ka Was Aircraft 1935 Ground-Visual C Ground-Radar Locol 口 Probobly Aireraft 口 Possibiy Aircraft CMT15/0235Z □AiVisual Air-lntorcept Radar .SOURCE Was Astronomical S.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical OYs PossiblyAstronomical qivilian No 8.NUMBER OF OSJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 7.LENCTH OP CBSERVATION 口 Insuficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 8min one Westerly 11.COMMENTS D. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Flight duration,motion consistant vater tilted at 30 deg angie.0bj at 40 with analysis as a/c.Sighting towart deg elevation in flight descending vent behind West.Sunset at 1907(chicego gains cloud and reappeared below.Appeared to be 38 min making sunset at 1945). about 4x as bright as brightest star.White colpr Sighting at s
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