Project 10073 Record Card — Monticello, Illinois, 3 November 1960

This document comprises a formal investigation report regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on 3 November 1960 near Monticello, Illinois. The report was initiated following a telephone call to a local television station by two female witnesses, who subsequently observed two round, flat, disc-like objects for a duration of 30 minutes to one hour. The witnesses described the objects as having no discernable features, no exhaust or tail, and producing no audible sound. The objects were observed performing a back-and-forth tracking motion at an elevation of 20 to 25 degrees above the horizon, eventually disappearing in a short burst of movement toward the north. The investigation was conducted by Captain Edward L. Baden of the Chanute Technical Training Center, who forwarded the findings to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2. While Captain Baden noted that the witnesses appeared to be reporting their observations in earnest, he also interviewed other local residents who suggested that the phenomena were likely spotlights reflecting off the base of a cloud layer. This conclusion is reflected in the official record card, which categorizes the event as a probable light reflection. The documentation includes meteorological data from Chanute Air Force Base, which confirms the presence of scattered clouds at 12,000 feet shortly after 2100 CST on the night of the sighting.