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Chicago, Illinois, August 1965

Date of account
1965-08
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1.DATE·TIME GROUP 2.LOCATION 16 August 65 17/0245Z Chicago,Illinois 3.SOURCE 10..CONCLUSION Civilian A/C 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS One Believed witness to crash of A/c into lake Michigan. 5.LENGTHOF OBSERVATION 11.BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 4Minutes t 6.TYPEOFOBSERVATION prevent shape of object from being observed. Had red, grem pnd hite lights like an a/c at initial sighting. Lights turmed Ground-Visual bright red with the left side having more red.Feature sticking 7.COURSE up on right si de observed as object caime nearer. This thing South was about 15 ft high.Sound like helo heard.Observed to 8.PHOTOS North at about the same height asa tall building l5 blocks away.Witness went inside house because tine object scared heF Ys Observed for 4 minutes.Manuver included two turns toward XXNo Lake Michigan.Witness 24 yr old woman. 9.PHYSICALEVIDENCE Yes ONo FORM FTD SEP 63 0-329

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