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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7201451
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1958
REPORTED LOCATIONOblong Illinois
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}. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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__39 October 1953. Ob oe. Jllinois O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION E SEeesihny Peulren
Local | £2:,Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodor 5 Bekok” Airerate
GMT 30/2250Z _O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercep! Radar OD Possibly Alrcroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE % Was Astronomical oie lifi
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XO No Civilian Bay jaaity te
7. LENGTH OF .OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OD Other
0D Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
- D0 Unknown
lO mins ' seven not vivenp
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
One rnd, Silver obj w/a dark center Believed to be parhelia,
& six smaller solid discs clustered yi
around the larger in a ring dormation,
Several of the smaller discs moved
away fm the larger & disappeared
in different directions, They reappedred
a few mins later & regrouped as pre-
viously described. All objs faded,
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REF YOUR TT MSG OFS 1463, DID 31 OCT 58, REPORTING AN UFO SIGHTING
IN OBLONG, ILL. REQUEST A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AFR 200-2, DID 5 FEB 58. THE INFO SUBMITTED IS VERY MEAGRE
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STATEMENT FROM MR, gies OBLONG, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: ON

3G OCT 58, AT APPROXIAMTELY 22592, 1 per MYSELF
WERE MANNING OUR GOC POST WHEN WE NOTICED A PECULIAR FORMATION IN THE
SKY, COMPOSED OF ONE ROUND, SILVER OBJECT WITH A DARK CENTER AND

SIX SMALLER, SOLID, SILVER DISCS CLUSTERED AROUND THE LARGER OBJECT
IN A RING FORMATION. AS WE WATCHED, SEVERAL OF THE SMALLER DISCS

MOVED AWAY FROM THE LARGE ONE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND DISAPPEARED.
THEY RE"APPEARED A FEW MINUTES LATER AND REGROUPED AS PREVIOUSLY

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HOUSLEY CONTINUED TO WATCH. ALL OBJECTS FADED PRIOR TO MY RETURN.

THE OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED CONTINUOUSLY FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES.
THE INVESTIGATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS, POSSIBLE FLIGHTS IN THE AREA,
ETC. FAILED TO FURNISH A CLEW TO THE IDENITY OF THE OBJECTS SIGHTED.
THE INVESTIGATION FAILED TO CONFIRM THE REPORTED SIGHTING BY ANY
OTHER SOUJSE. THE INVESTIGATION OFFICERS GAVE NO POSSIBLE

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