PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6782328

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONMakanda Illinois

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Wos Balloon
9 November 1957 Makanda, Illinois 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF O9SERVATION Possibly Bolloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT_10/0132Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Venus Was Astronomical Venus
Yes ¤ Probably Astronomical
XO No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Other.
000 0 Insufficient Data for valuation
15 minutes Unknown
one one SSW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. |11. COMMENTS
Round object, re Round object, re blue, no tail or tail or Although information very limited
exhaust. No sound. Very high. Very high. Zigzagged conclusions are that this was
out of sight. Venus according to astro tables
and computer.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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1032
RADIS 157
RR RJEDDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ Nou 10 07 27 '57
DE RJEDKF 6G
R 100622Z
FM COMDR 2O AIR DIC RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ENT AFB COLO
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WP AFB OHIO (
RJEPHQ/DIR INTELL HQ USAF WASH (
BT
/UNCLASSIFIED/ 2STH ADCOC 11-359 11-059
IN ACCORDANCE WITH JCADF INTERIM VANGE 1 CONADN 55-1. THE IN ACCORDANCE WITH JCADF INTERIM VANGE 1 CONADN 55-1. THE
FOLLOWING UFOB REPORT IS SUBN FOLLOWING UFOB REPORT
A. ROUND L
A. ROUND ? 7
2UNKNOWN Sige 15
3. RED TO BLUE Cin dlm C
4ONE
5.N/A
1
6. NONE
7. NO TAIL OR EXAUST In
8. NO SOUND N
S. NONE
B B 1. HAPPENED TO LOOK UP. 1. HAPPENED TO LOOK UP. W -E
W
2HIGH TO VER 2HIGH TO VE H, SOUTH SOUTH WEST. SOUTH SOUTH WEST.
3. NONE
4 4ZIZ ZAZ
J
5. ZIZ ZAZ QUT OFSIGHT 5.ZI2 ZAZ OUT OFSIGHT *7 27 3)
15 MINUTES
1. GROUPDN-VISUAL
D
2NO AIDS
3N/A.
D.1. 0132Z 10 NOV 1957 332-6=1932=2:00M)
2. CGHT
E. 1. AH 4833
MD

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E. 1. AH 4838 (
F. 1. MR.
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3. MAKANDNA, ILL
G. 1. CLEAR Cite
2270, 110K (
3. CLEAR H.0, asto, Tolles
4.10 1 show VENUS aF
Angutir
5 NONE alt snd fi alnet ent fontu
6NONE Absren.
Ggh Gibagh life, reny life, remy Cnatel Cnatl
H. H. NONE Ctilin Ctili
wmsVom (m Vey Bugt) (rw Vey Bugh
E
I. NONE NONE
(
J. NORMAL FOR DIVISION
Vibeng
Pal
K. I/LT. JAMES S. PROWELL (
USAF DUTY DIRECTOR
BELLEVILLE, ILL. AFS. /20)
NO COMMENT OR PRELIMINARE ANALYSIS C
.
(
L. NONE
BT
10/0631Z NOV RJEDKF