PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Danville, Illinois, 26 June 1954

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report concerning an aerial sighting on 26 June 1954 near Danville, Illinois. The primary witness, A/1C F.F. Dioguardi, a senior approach controller and trick chief at Chanute AFB, observed a pear-shaped, silver-blue, transparent object for approximately two hours. The object was described as having no trail, tail, or exhaust, and making no sound. The witness utilized binoculars, a sixty-power telescope, and a movie camera to observe the object, which drifted west-northwest before disappearing at sunset. The sighting was also observed by S/Sgt Hayward at Chanute AFB using a telescope, and by pilots of Ozark Airlines flights 203 and 308. The report, prepared by 1st Lt William T. Capers of the Wright Patterson Flight Service Center, concludes that there is a strong possibility the object was a rawinsonde balloon, citing its description and manner of flight. The document includes detailed meteorological data for the time of the sighting, noting 5/10th cloud cover and 15 miles visibility.