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CASE REFERENCE9317239

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONArlington Heights Illinois

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

DATE

5S Mav 1963

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2. LOCATION

Arlington Heights, Illinois

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CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon

Probably Balloon

highly reflective,

Sgr elevation through 7x25 BxX,jtne description
Sighting at dusk. Obj disappeared by motion, and the
fading. University of Wisconsin at Mad-| of balloon in
ison released a balloon at 20002, Obj Sis of a balloon

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Local XKGround- Vi sual OD Ground-Reder  Probebly Alrcrat?
cut_96/0130Z 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Rador |F Possibly Aircroft
5S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Wes Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
MKNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OD Other
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
‘ O Unknown
: minutes One not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Circular small silv object at 79-80 Although direction not reported, |

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