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Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Bournnais, Illinois, 28 Jan 64

📅 28 Jan 64 📍 Bournnais, Illinois 🏛 Foreign Technology Division 📄 Correspondence and Record Card
UFOProject 10073Illinoismeteor1964

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A civilian reported a rocket-shaped object in Illinois on January 28, 1964. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a meteor but requested follow-up information regarding a potential crash.

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military correspondence regarding a UFO sighting on January 28, 1964, in Bournnais, Illinois. A civilian witness, identified as Mr. Applegate, reported seeing an oval, rocket-like object with fins and a trailing bluish flame. The object was observed for approximately two minutes, during which it descended from a 60-degree elevation and appeared to flatten out in its flight path. The report notes that the sighting was evaluated as a meteor, with 10-15 other brief observations reported in the area. Following the initial report, the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base requested additional information from the 64th Troop Carrier Squadron, specifically inquiring whether the object had crashed and if any recovery efforts were initiated.

Oval object like a rocket, amber color, with fins on tail. Trailing bluish flame.

Official Assessment

Evaluated as a meteor.

The object was observed for two minutes, described as an amber-colored, rocket-shaped object with fins and a trailing bluish flame. It was noted to have descended from a 60-degree elevation before flattening out. The Foreign Technology Division requested further information regarding whether the object actually crashed and if recovery attempts were made.

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