PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6972396

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONRushville Illinois

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 7/
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
3 Jan_58 Rushville, Illinois 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 04/0133Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
XNo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not given one orbiting D Unknown
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Very large Very large oblor oblong obj, red circling whiee.
No tail or No tail or ex exhaust, very bright. haust, very bright. No elevation, azimuth, direction,
or wind and weather data or wind and weather data given. given.
cannot conclude w/o this info.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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N4 060?'5 S JAN50
SQFE62 YMB058KFA029KI FGWPPOQQWFGT002 0914
RR RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ A 4E4
DE
JEDKF IGL - 34x2
R 048350Z C (
FM COMDR 791ST ACWRON HANNA CITY AFSTA ILL (
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
RJEDKF/COMDR 20TH AIRDIV −
RJEDSO/COMDR ATIC 1 :10
1I -
RJEPHQ/DIR INTEL HQ USAF How LArge 15 "vey Larye"?
↓ -
ST
pliuet
AZ1YUThS
(6) TA) CI
(7) N/A
NO WINd DATA or weaTber
INFO GIVEN

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PAGE TWO RJEDKF 1GL
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(8NONE
WKOL N/A
(10) NONE
(11) CREW CHIEF, S/SGT NEWCOMB.1 (II) CREW CHIEF, S7SGT NEWCOMB.I CHECKED WITH SPRINGFIELD TOWER CHECKED WITH SPRINGFIELD TOWER −
FOR POSSIBLE A/C OR OTHER VISUAL SIGHTING. NO A/C IN AREA AND FOR POSSIBLE A/C OR OTHER VISUAL SIGHTING. NO A/C IN AREA AND -
NO VISUAL SIGHTING ALTHOUGH THEY SURVEYED THE AREA THROUGH FIELD NO VISUAL SIGHTING G ALTHOUGH THEY SURVEYED THE AREA THROUGH FIELD
GLASSES. GLASSES. ( -
(12) NONE (12) NONE -
BT BT
04/84257 JAN with out the
P.JEDE 7. Cannot
FF TS.
Jruff trfo
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