DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8841897
DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1958
REPORTED LOCATION2Mi EOf Mount Prospect Ill
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
20 May 58 2 Mi E of Mount Prospect, I Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local AGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_20/0115Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Was Astronomical
Yes 000 00 Probably Astronomical
CNo KNo Civilian Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS . NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE COURSE xxOther Illusion xx0ther Illusion
00 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown Unknown
2 mins 2mins one WNW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bullet shaped obj, size of Bullet shaped obj, size o quarter, quarter, Observer was driving into the Observer was driving into te
shimmering gold very ver bright, station- bright, station sun & possibly the sun's
arey. refraction fm some obj refraction fm some obj caused caused
an optical illusion.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
RJEDAH/COMDR 37TH AIR DIV •
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER •
RJEPHQ/ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF
RJEPHQ/OFFICE FORMATION SERVICES USAF •
BT •
UNCLAS/62INT 1677. REFERENCE AFR 200-2 PARA 15, DATED 5 FEBRUARY
1958. THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED. •
PARA A. (1 BULLET QUARTER, SHIMMERING GOLD •
WHW WNW •
DEG AZIMUTH, (4) NO MQVEMENT, INSTANTLY − 2 MINUTES PARA •
C. (1) 1912-11
D, (1) 21/0115/MAY 58, DUSK PARA E, (SIGHTING TOOK PLACE •
AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF/ RIVER ROAD AND CENTRAL ROAD WHICH IS S TWO •
MILES EAST OF MOUNT F PROSPECT ILLINOIS, PARA F, (1) MRS
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ALTITUDE NOT AVAILABLE (3)CLEAR(4) 1 MILES,(5) NONE, (6) NONE,
PARA H NONE, PARA I NO, PARA J 755TH AC&W SQ WAS CONTACTED AND RE
PORTED NO CONTACT WITH ANY UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS AND ALSO THERE WERE •
TIME OF THE SIGHTING, PARA K THE REPORT WAS RECEIVED BY THIS ORGAN ••
IZATION ON 22 MAY 1958, 1630 LOCAL HOURS. AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED
THE NEXT MORNING AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE SIGHTER BY T/SGT WILLIAM
D. MORROW INTELLIGENCE NCO. THE SIGHTING OF THE OBJECT OCCURRED JUST
AT SUNDOWN MAGNIFYING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.CONCU,
INTO THE SUN
SET. DUE TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT A GOOD POSSIBILITY IT
MIGHT BE THE LATEST ' RUSSIAN, SATELITE OR THE PROPEILANT ASSEMBLY.
PARA L NONE ↑ 8
NOT RUSSIAN Driv/ng INTO THe SUM CAM
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SECURITY ABSIFICATION
JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSIFIED/EFTO a
SPACH BELOW RESERVED POR COMMUNICATION CENTER
PRECEDENCE TYPE MSG (Cbeck) ACCOUNTING SYMBOL ORIG, OR REFERS TO CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE
ACTION ROUTINE BOOK MULTI SINGLE TT Msg L
INFO X AF 62INT 1677 UNCL
FROM: SPEciaL InStructionS
COMDR, ATTC EFTO
TO:
COMDR, 62nd FTR INTCP SQ, OHARE INTL APRT, PARK RID ROEDAH
6-1076-E
Ref your UFO report, 62INT 1677 dtd 23 May 58. Request your ENCDED
Initials
Time 23P
car before and/or after she sighted the object, and in which car before and/or after she sighted the object, and in which Checkes ByI Checkes By l.
anything that might have been in the area at time of sighting.
Ref para. 5, AFR 200-2.
COORDINATION:
AFCIN-4E4 Hh Miley DATE 2. geme.5E
Dr. Miley
AFCIN-4E DA G2/18
Colonel,Gilbert
DATE TIME
2 |1500
MONTH YEAR
JUNE 58
SYMBOL SIGNATURI
AFCIN-4E4ge
TYPED NAME AND TIyASignature, if required) TYPED (or SIaMpEd) NAME AND TITLE
3a-Hwc GEORGE T,GREGORY, CAPT,USAF RWWASWR
PHONE 6-9216 PAGE NR. 1 NR, OF PAGES
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION MARY C. MARKEVICH
1st Lt., USAF
UNCLASSIFIED/EFTO Assisient Administrative Officer
DDFAYS 173 REPLACES DD FORM 173, 1 OCT 49, WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED
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REFERENCE YOUR MESSAGE AFCIN-4E/6-1076-3 UNCLAS/EFTO •
DATED 03 JUNE 1958, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED: DATED 0
OBJECT WAS SIGHTED WHEN STOPPING FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL ONLY WHILE • •
DRIVING IN A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. AFTER CAR WAS STOPPED SHE WAS
NO LONGER ABLE EE OBJECT CHECK WITH I OTHER AIRPORTS IN THIS
VICINITY REVEALED OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE AREA A AT TIME OF SIGHTING. ..
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Roger Williams Planetarium
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Director:
MARIBELLE CORMACK
July 24, 1959
Dr
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dear
I've had the pleasure of hearing you several times
at Skyscrapers and we have used your book lying Saucers
at our Planetarium shows
About a week ago, I made the acquaintance of a Rhode
Island women who has actually seen a U.F.O. She may write
to you. Her name is Mrs. M4
Arlington Hts., Illinois, a suburb of Chicago Chicago. She She
made this sighting n May May 20, l958 while driving from her 20, l958 while driving from her
Chicago office to her Chicago office to he home in a suburb northwest of the of the city
The hour was 8:0o p.m., sky abnormally The hour was 8:oo p.m., sky abnormally clear. The matter
was was reported to the Air Force on May 23, 1958. 23, 1958.
She saw several. things.among them, "saucer" which
she said was I perhaps ft. above ground and as big as two JAH
ordinary house rooms. It was a dull gun metal gray, its sur-
face badly pitted. It looked like two old fashioned soup
dishes, fastened together by a large metallic band. She is
convinced i not a weather baloon.
She seems
married, with a son in some research dept. connected with
missiles.
voluminous file on U.F.O.
Sincerely yours
Maribelle
Maribelle Cormack
Museum Director
MC/lmp
Sponsored by Friends of the Park Museum, Inc.
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July 30, 1959
Miss Maribelle Cormack
Museum Director
Roger Williams Planetarium
Roger Williams Park Museum
Providence 5, R. I.
Dear Miss Cormack:
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your letter of July 24. When he returi approximately
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Sincerely yours,
db Doris Beaudoin Doris Beaudoin
Secretary to Dr. Menzel
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If the saucer was of a silvery gray and seemed to move ahead of your car as
driving, keeping the road, this is almost certainly the proper explanation.
Many people have made similar reports.
Thanking you in
Cordially yours, Cordially yours,
DHM/mg Donald H. Menzel
dc: Director
Vbc: J. A. Hynek
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