DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7340861
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONChicago Illinois
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PROJECT 16073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

14 March 1956 Chicago, Illinois |B Probably Botton
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
sy Vi ™ Was Aircraft
Local = ae XK Ground- Vi sual OQ Grovnd-Radar Gh Probably Alreroft
GMT 15/02514% 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Rodar O Possibly Aircraft
} 5 PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
sEXNo Civilian & Military (GOC) 0D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 0D, Othor ~. a
< aralitibag, Date for Evaluation
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thirty minutes one see description |

12. CONCLUSIONS

x Was Balloon

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

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One round object, size unknown, white
in color, similar to a lift was seen
jdirectly above the observer. The
jobject appeared to "move back & forth"
and then faded from sight after 1/2

1}. COMMENTS

Probable balloon sighting,
motion and description indicate
this evaluation,

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