Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Northfield, Illinois, 11 May 1963
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A military report detailing a 1963 sighting of a round, white object in Northfield, Illinois, which was later identified as an aircraft with advertising lights.
On May 11, 1963, at 0215Z, a military unit in Northfield, Illinois, observed a round, white object approximately 75 feet in diameter. The object, which appeared to have windows, was seen flying toward the northeast at a slow speed and an altitude of 700 feet. The observers reported that the object exhibited an oscillating or spinning motion and remained in sight for 25 minutes. The sighting was also reported by Dr. J. Allen Hynek. Subsequent investigation by military authorities concluded that the object was an aircraft equipped with advertising lights, noting that the sighting could be correlated with a similar event in Evanston, Illinois, on May 15, 1963. The report includes technical details such as weather conditions and the specific location of the observer, SPC/5 Turrise of C Battery, 3rd Artillery.
Round white object 75 ft in diameter with windows flying to the NE at a slow speed.
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Official Assessment
Subsequent investigation indicates that an a/c with advertising lights was operating in area. (case can be correlated w/sighting at Evanston, Ill on 15 May.)
The object was identified as an aircraft with advertising lights.
Witnesses
- TurriseSPC/5C Battery 3rd Arty
Key Persons
- Dr. HynekWitness/Observer
- J. R. CarlileAir Defence Artiler Director