Regina Airlines Sighting Report — Illinois, November 1953

On November 5, 1953, at approximately 0440 hours, a pilot flying a Regina Airlines DC3 (N28392) reported an encounter with an unidentified aerial object over Illinois. The pilot described the object as being brightly lighted with amber and white colors. The object maintained a course that paralleled the aircraft for a duration of three to four minutes before disappearing as the aircraft passed over Illinois. The object subsequently reappeared at approximately 0450 hours for about one minute, during which time the pilot observed the bright white light turn green before it vanished. The report was transmitted via the Lowry Flight Service Center to various military intelligence and command units, including the Air Technical Intelligence center at Wright-Patterson AFB. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities was that there was insufficient data to conduct a formal evaluation, noting that while it was possibly an aircraft, the available information was inadequate for a definitive assessment.