Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting in Morton Grove, Illinois, 6 August 1956
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AI-Generated Summary
A report of a stationary, orange, star-shaped object observed over Morton Grove, Illinois, on 6 August 1956. The military investigation concluded the object was likely a balloon.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on 6 August 1956 in Morton Grove, Illinois. The report details a single, stationary, orange, star-shaped object that resembled a kite with a light. The object was observed at an altitude of approximately 500 feet for a duration of 15 minutes. The sighting occurred under clear weather conditions. The report notes that a second individual from the same town also called in to report the same object. The official conclusion recorded on the card suggests that the sighting was possibly caused by a balloon. The teletype, dated 7 August 1956, was transmitted from the 755th ACWRON at Williams Bay, Wisconsin, to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, as well as to the Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base and the 37th Air Division at Truax Air Force Base. The documentation follows standard reporting procedures for the era, referencing Air Force Regulation 200-2.
One small orange star-shaped object which resembled a kite with a light. Object was sighted 500 feet altitude in the East. Object was stationary and was still in sight after being viewed visually for 15 minutes.
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Official Assessment
Description of sighting indicates that sighting was possibly caused by a balloon.
The object was identified as a small, orange, star-shaped object resembling a kite with a light, observed at 500 feet altitude in the East. It remained stationary for 15 minutes. A second report from someone in the same town regarding the same object was received.