Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Naperville, Illinois, 17 March 1963
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Two police officers in Naperville, Illinois, reported a tailless blue glowing object in flight on March 17, 1963. The Air Force investigated the report under Project 10073 but concluded there was insufficient data for analysis.
On March 17, 1963, at 0940Z, two Naperville, Illinois, police officers observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The object was described as a continuous blue glow that lacked a tail. The object was observed in flight, traveling from the northwest to the southeast. This incident was documented on a Project 10073 record card and formally reported by Thomas A. Hilquist, Base Operations Officer of the 64th Troop Carrier Squadron, to the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on March 21, 1963. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that there was insufficient data available to conduct a meaningful analysis of the sighting.
Continuous blue glow observed in flight from NW to SE by two Naperville Illinois policemen. No tail.
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Official Assessment
Insufficient data for analysis.
The sighting involved a continuous blue glow observed by two policemen in Naperville, Illinois, moving from the northwest to the southeast. The object had no tail. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for analysis.