Des Plaines, Illinois, May 1964
- Date of account
- 1964-05
- 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. CONCLUSIONS 4 May 64 Des Plaines, Illinois 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft GMT_05/0230Z Probably Aircraft D AirVisual Air-intorcept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Yes 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomical No civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 4 minutes 口 Unknawn one manuvered 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Long obj size of plane observed at night. No data presented to indicate sighting Appeared as a bright light. Revolved for a could not have been caused by an af. period of l0 seconds. Flew lower than a plane. Eat to West to SW. Faded after 4 minute obser- vation. Speed about l50 mph, same as plane. ]2 observers. AT
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