PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. 'CONCLUSIONS
19 Nov 61 Mackinaw, Illinois Was Ballcon
000 Probably Balloon
3. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local X Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 00 Was Astronomical
Yes Probobly Astronomical
X No Civilian Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical Possibly Asironomieai
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER NUMBE OBJECTS BJECTS . COURSE 9. COURSE Other Panda Bear refueling
:000 Insufficient Data Insufficient Dat ioa
3-4 min. 3-4 min. Generally E Unknown
10. BRIEF BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
2. men plowing plowing field at field at night noticed bright It is concluded that that sighting resulted
light in Sw. They stopped tractors to watch when a refueling mission occurred in mission occurred in
light and observed it to break into numerous Panda Bear refueling sector. Pattern Panda Bear refueling sector. Pattern
other lights. These lights faded in and out of lights described by witnesses was
with no apparent pattern. Cluster of lights with no apparent pattern. Cluster of lights probably those of probably those f tanker. Direction of tanker. Direction of
moved from AS 230 elevation 25° in a straight noved from AS 230° elevation 25° in a straight Panda Bear sector parallels that of
line to and elevation of 20 in the E. Lights course taken by UFo. Is no evidence course taken by UFO. Is evidence
just faded out of sight in distance. Duration Th available which indicates objects seen
3-4 min. are interplanetary space vehicles of
that they constitute threat security
of US.
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s trailed by an "itty bitty  light"
, epparently being more reddish, and which emmitted
.said that there was just spark
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a pulsating jet, and of the rumble of thunder; he said a scund effects man might
it by shaking a large piece of tin.
The time of this sighting apparently is determined to plus or minus 5 minutes of ll:45 PM
fact that t the boys had deter ned that they

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of scientific curiosity). Also cn
one , hod taken his very ncy tractor to farm during the course
fame in the Saturday Evening Post. Upson, I believe the name is, found writing the Alexander
job .
a proressional writer.
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a few crumbs, well-
repeated s crumbs, of basic inemation. -
Bidding good-bye to trans shortly thereafter to and I proceeded
invited
Captain and Sam to have lunch
with me at the airport. After lunch I bid both these gentlemen
eoria yet
a half hours to flight time. . " . 1
Suggested solution: D
light and Second, that the close cluster of lights likewise tallied with the sighting of
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my cwn about 1950 from the baleony of the Perkins Observatory. There I had turned a -inch
Christmas tree making a stately.cruise of the sky. This later turned out to be, after a
out to be a KC-97 tanker. A tanker of this sort has, I understand, a boom light and

making circular runs of verr Columbus
Lockborne Air Force Base.
be/large,ak bright, white light on one of a his swings around the field. On his next swing
suddenly having come into view. The noise could be explained by being the composite noise
of the recipirocating engines of the Kc-97 and the noise of the jet motors. Combined, these
two scunds would make identification with any one type of aircrart a bit diffimult! There
terpretation other
than the salient fact that no How-
ever. assuming that had seen the same plane an hour or so earlier (it was quite

Likewise, the jet should have had navigation
that either the that lights
unsual but quite asural
adequately
undass investigated
That is all!!!!!

169th Tactical Fighter Sou
UNITED STATRS AIR FONCE
2323 S. Airport Road
Pooria, Illinois
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: Intelligence Section 24 Nov 1961
SUBJECT: UFO Report Cheok List
TO: Personnel Comeerned
The following report is submitted in accordance with AFR 200-2, dated 2
A. Deseription of The Objeot(s):
(1) s ShAPe: BRIGHT LICHT, CIALILAR
(2Size Compared To Known Cbject NICKEL
) COlor: YELLON & WHITE
(4) MumbeRI ONE, BUT BROXE UP INTO SEVERAL - 1 12 OR MOAB
(5) Formatiom If More Than One: APTER RCULAR WITH
SAME SPEED
Features Or Detalla? THE I All ODD
SEQUENCE AND THE TPAILING LIGHT EMITTED SPARKS
Including Size
Objeot: SPARKS TRAILING LIGHP
Attention
OBSEW3RS - SSOT AND A2C WERE PLOWING
A FIRLD AT NIGHT NEAR THEIR HOME. PRIOR TO METURNING HOME
ASKED WHAT THE BRIGHT CBJECT S.W. OF THEIR POSITION WAS?
THOUGHT IT WAS TH DISCUSSOD IT THE OBJECT BROKE
SUDDENLY INTO A DO:
Angle First Gbserved:
40-60 DE IS.W.CFT EIR FOSITION
Azimarth
20 BEG ELEVATIC

0 B RANGE
(6) How Long Was The Gojeot MINUTES
C. Manner of Cbservation
(2) Statement As to Obtical Aids: NONE
(3) If Sighting Was Made From An Air braft Note The Following:
a. Type A/C: N/A
b. Identification Ihmberi N/A
c. Altitude: N/A
d. Heading: N/A
e. Speed: N/A
2. Home Station: N/A
D. And Date Of Sighting:
$(11 Zulu Time/Date Group Of Sighting: 2005452
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B. S S. OF
F. Indentifying Cbserver(s):
Grade: SSGT Grade: SSGT
Organizations 169th T7S 169th TFS
Duty: Duty: JET ENGINE MECHANIC
Estimate Of Reiability: VE.Y COOD Estimate Of GOOD
(2) Military-
Gradet A2C
Organizaticn: 169th TFS
Duty: JET ENGINK MECHANIC
Estimate Of Reliability: VEK GOOD
G. Weather & Winds-Aloft Conditions At The Time And htings:
(1) Cbserver(3) Aecourt Of Weatker Cond
H Any Othes Ummsue
Otherwise? HON3
Position OPFiCeR: AS SON INT OFPICER I
INTEN/LEVED BOTH CBSERVERS AND THEIR STORIES COINCIDED AND THEY STATE ANOTHER
FAPMER IN THE AREA MADE THE SAME OBSENVATION I I FEFL NEITHER OF THNESE MEN
RAS MASON TO FABRICATE A STOMY.

J. Edstence of Pysical Evidence: NONS
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Prezaring gature RONALD L. PILON
Capt, USAF
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was unable
the general him cut arter the meeting and aft
site
and visited the xt of the sighting, sone miles
trying to do quite  a bit of the farm work at night. Th apparently have
to
visit them. Because of this obligation, was also helping with the farm work,
November 20th, we find these I the

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that was undoubtedly v
in astronomy and on hiking trips waki
ncnnobooomiioe And so he was quite sute willing to bet money) that this was
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THese lights faded in and out with no apparent periodicity or pattern. They did not ever go
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dimmed only once. The lights were clustered close together and indicated d that in
other
line to elevation of about 20 almost directly in the east.