PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9670379

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1948

REPORTED LOCATION4Mi NOf Alton Ill

FRAMES6

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POUST 1OO73 3ECOUD EyD Incident #123
DATE ONTINFO 11 April 1948
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Ex USAF COL
DATE OF OPORT a n
2330 COLOR
SHAPE Estintud
Resembled huge fowl SPEED w Meautron
bigger than an airplane Pstinotd
CIZI_ ALTITUDE Nasured
COUROY a LEIGTH O 2'17 BSERVED
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10. Timo in sight 3/3
11. Altitude 3/3
12. Speod 3/3
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13. Diroction of flight g/s
1h. Tactics "nlmpped
15. Sourd 3/s
15. S1zo hie
23. arfoot on clouds 3/s
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25 a/s
26 Romarks: maid ho obesrved the ereature at sbout
10A wile riding far miles north of Altoe, Ill
(over)

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ST. LOTS. Apr Io, -(TP) A. m. last Sunday while horse- qun'ed Robert Price and Veryl demy. at the time. Jackson,
V retired Air Forie colonel hak riding four niles north of Babb as saying the bird was howaver, was talking to a
ad a 1 myeld ho ahight Alton, Iil. (1
het un hn rupoee by twn "bigger than an airplane" and farmer and didn't see it. Sieg-
La aur, ti. nri spot. James Trares, 12, said he saw flapped ita wings. mund said, "and I didn't men- as
N a tr I" the bird flring oyer his home in Siegmund now sales manager tion it to him because it looked di
I tay wthee tha aes toys- saburban Glerdals, Me. about for the Weestern Cartridge Co. too incredible." Y
ts hied of bigaute size three months ago. Both Sieg- at Alton, said he didn't see any
Yay saw or nne guet bbe it. mund and the hoy sald they flapping of wings but he was
op said. were apprehensive of telling suro it was a huge fowl and not
. W. F. Siagnul. fomep anyone about it until thay a typ of aireraft.
iiandant of the air hase at read the United Press dispatch Siegmund was riding with a
Xearns. Utah. said ie chserved from Beividere yesterday. companion, Col. Raiph Jackson,

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75, 192,
199, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240.
2. Mon-astronoria tions
a.0 Balloons or airoraft:
#3.11, 22, 41
126, 131, 138, 141, 145, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163,
169, 171, 173, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190, 194, 195, 196, 193,.
237, 239,
b bodies:
126, 187, 137,
229, 232, 233,
b. Evidance offered Bugrests no explanations
1, 2 10, 17, 21, 29, 37, 40, 51, 62, 58, 61, 52, 64, 68, 71,
76, 76, 77, 79, 84, 105, 111, 122, 135, 151, 152, 154, 162,
163, 172, 176, 183, 186, 193, 207, 215, 223, 224, 285, 286,
287, 253, 241, 218, 1.54