PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6781772

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONWaverly Illinois

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‘h. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i

2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

Wes Balleen

1. DATE

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3 November 1957 Waverl Illinois © Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Belloon
Locel SOxGround- Vi sual © Ground-Reder 5 Brobebiy Aiverelt
omt__09/0015 oO fiinggplars © Air-Intereept Roeder |2 Possibly Aireroft
s.. O Wes Astronomicol
O Yes 0D Probably Astronomicol
2. - © Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE K oer S2rbled
0D Insufficient Dote for Evalvotion
0O Unknown
St a a North
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object latger than an airplane, white This report is garbled and cannot
and green. Edges of object fuzzy or be evduated,

blurred, No tial or exhuust., No
sound, appeared to be solid,

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OF OBJECT FUZZY OR PLURRED (G) NO TAIL OR EXHAUST (1) NO SOUND

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GOOD CE) SCATTERED (F) UNKNOWN (8) A FEW STARS (9) NO ACTION TAKEN
(10) NOT KNOWN ¢11) 1/LT JAHES Se PROWELL, USAF, DUTY DIRECTOR,

BELLEVILLE AIR FORCE STATION, ILLINOISC NO COMMENT OR PRELIMINARY

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
hf 0 Was Balloon
Y November 1997 |Waverly, Illinois QO Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION - ee, en
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Local — NX Ground: Vi sual O Ground-Radar QO Probobly Aircroft
GMT 0/000 a Ts 0 Air Vi svol D Air-Intercept Rodor |Q Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 10 Wos Astronomical
C Yes O Probobly Astronomicol
Ne en eer 0 Possibly Astronomical .
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other.
DX Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
0 Unknown
7 not ?iven one a _!| stationary - ‘
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Large, round object, very bright reddish Object stationary, reddish
green. No tail or exhaust, no sound. green, @tc,, are

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