Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Chicago, Illinois, 13 December 1961
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AI-Generated Summary
A sighting of a bright spherical object in Chicago on 13 December 1961 was reported to the Air Force. The object was officially evaluated as a meteor.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card, a formal report from the 64th Troop Carrier Squadron, and a UFO Analysis Sheet regarding a sighting that occurred on 13 December 1961 in Chicago, Illinois. At 0228Z, an observer located at 5700 East, 800 North in Chicago reported seeing a single orange to bright white spherical object. The object, estimated to be half the size of the moon, was observed moving in a slight arc from the south to the north. The sighting lasted between four and five seconds, during which time the object appeared to burn out. The witness reported that the object produced no sound, had no tail, and did not break up or explode. The report was formally submitted by Thomas A. Hilquist, Base Operations Officer, to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on 29 January 1962, in accordance with AFR 200-2. The official evaluation concluded that the sighting possessed the characteristics of a meteor observation.
Sighting has the characteristics of a meteor observation.
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Official Assessment
Sighting has the characteristics of a meteor observation.
The object was identified as a meteor based on its appearance, trajectory, and the fact that it burned out without sound or tail.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- THOMAS A. HILQUISTBase Operations Officer