PROJECT BLUE BOOK

ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
19 Mar 62 Cnanute AFB, Illinois a Rickie Rilteen

‘3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Balloon
Local 1 2 — & Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodor ~ Pichaln Arcets

__GMT 20/0025Z 0 Air Visual © Air-Intercept Reday | 9 Possibly Aircrofr

5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a a 7’ 5 Was Astronomical
O Yes r <a QO Probably Astronomical
| O Ne Militar y O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other “
| 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
| iO min one varied O Unknown
[}0, SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS €

found object aprox 1/5 size of moon Sighted to |Venus was in a Girection coincident with
wNW by several witnesses. Joject was orange in /that reported for the object. The Planet
color and appeared to be moving either toward [was just setting and was of -3.) magnitude.
or away from witnesses. Object disappeared Witnesses probably observed Venus and
vertically, then reappeared after 2 min moving |jmisidentified it and associated motion
toward SW. When first sighted, it had elevationiwith it due to effects of atmospheric

oP aprox 15°, when it reappeared had elevation /lrefraction. Orange color was also an

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effect of refraction. Just as Venus set,
it gave impression of moving vertically
upward. The B-47 reported in area was
ably passing soon after and witnesses
thought it was the same object.

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THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2,
PARAGRAPH 153

A. DISCRIPTICN OF OBJECT

(1) CIGAR AND ROUND AT DIFFERENT TIMES
(2) ONE FIFTs THE SIZE OF THE SUN

(3) ORANGE

(4) ONE

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(7) LONGER DIMENTICN AT TIMES WHEN ELONGED (CIGAR) AND WAS
APPROXIMATELY FOUR TIMES ROUND DIAMETER.

(8) NONE
(9) NONE

B. DISCRIPTION OF COURSE

(1) CHANGE NOTICING
(2) 15 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, WNW (28QDEGREES) OF CAFB, ILL.

(3) 75 DEGREES ABOVES HORIZON; WEST (QTQ@DREGEES) OF CAFB ILL

(4) FIRST SEEN AS ROUND OBJECT, GOING EITHER AWAY OR
TOWARD CHANUTE AFB; THEN ELONGATED GOING NORTH; SHORTENED AND
DISAPPEARED UPWARD (EASTWARD PROBABLY): REAPPEARED TWO MINUTES .
LATER GOING SOUTHWARD IN ELONGATED FORM; SHORTENED AGAIN AND
DISAPPEARED UPWARD.

(5) DISAPPEARED IN ABOUT 18 SECONDS

(6) TOTAL OF MINUTES
C., MANNER OF OBSERVATION

(1) GROUND VISUAL

(2) NONE
(3) AN OVERHEAD B-47 WAS SIGHTED ABOUT 39,90 FT BY T-5S5

[YPE ACFT, AF JET 14557, CLIMBING NORTH WESTERLY TP 22,888 FT FROM

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LOCATION OF OBSERVER

¢1) ALL GROUND SIGHTINGS FROM CHANUTE AFB AND AJACENT
VILLAGE OF RANTOUL, ILL. AIRBORNE OBSERVATION OF B-47 ABOUT
15 MILES WEAT OF CAFB.
NTIFYIA

F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVATERS.

C1) CAPT T,E. wood, POL1T, QM Hospital,

ASC RR SCHENK, AIR POLICE 59; ASC L. RINEHART, AIR POLICE SQ.

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ALL CONSIDERED RELIABLE.

G. WEATHER AND WINDS
“CL CLEAR
(2) SURFACE 20,009, 32,0290 (310/8, 320/55, 290/95)
(3) NONE

) 12 Miles

(5) SCATTERED CONITIONS
(6) NONE

(7) SURFACE TEMP OF PLUS 1@C. WITH GRADIANT OF -2 DEGREES PER

DEPARTMENT OF THE AiR FORCE
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THOUSAND OF ALTITUDE.
H, NONE

I. NONE

J. SEE PARAGRAPH C (5) ABOVE
KK. PREPARING OFFICER BELIEVES GROUND SIGHTING WAS A B-47 ABOVE

REFERRED TO WITH THE SUN LIGHTING IT AND A SHORT CONTRAIL AS HE

HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PHENOMENA WHILE A B-47 PILOT FOR FOUR YEARS,
PRESENTLY ASSIGNED AS DESIGN ENGINEER, CHANUTE BASE CIVIL ENGINEERING.
L. NONE

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