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COMMENT: During one sighting the UFO appeared to be only 600 feet away from the observers. There were no sounds of an engine, only a whirring or swishing noise as the UFO accelerated. It TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: August 29, 1960 at 4:05 P.M. CDT/on State Route One near north edge of the city limits of Crete, Illinois. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: According to U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant John T. Cizek, who reported the sighting to Project Blue Book: "Mr. Schneeweis is a farmer in his sixties not given to hallucinations ... He is not well-read on the subject of UFOs and I would respect the validity of his COMMENT: The observer was driving a pickup truck when he first noticed the UFO "straight ahead at about 600 feet in the air." He also stated that "the light from the object was so intense that it was headed from south to north: on another observation it headed from east to west. carried no running lights. DURATION: 18 seconds. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: One. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Fanner, aged 67. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. having observed something." SHAPE: Approximately spherical. DIMENSIONS: Size of a bushel basket or larger, according to the observer. COLOR: Brilliant silver or chrome, shone like "the sun's reflection in a good mirror." SOUND: None. ALTITUDE: 30° above horizon when first sighted; 90° high (overhead) when the UFO disappeared. SPEED: Very fast. TACTICS: The UFO moved only in the vertical direction, ascending rapidly until it was out of sight. difficult to determine his exact shape."