Project Blue Book Sighting Reports: Racine, Wisconsin and Normal, Illinois

This document contains correspondence and official records regarding two separate UFO sighting reports investigated by the U.S. Air Force under Project Blue Book. The primary report concerns a sighting on July 22, 1965, in Normal, Illinois, by a witness at the Illinois Soldiers' & Sailors' Children's School. The witness described a round, disc-shaped object with a yellowish tint that did not blink like an airplane. The object was observed for a minute or two, moving East, then North, and finally Northeast before disappearing. The witness, an 11-year-old boy, reported the event to the Pentagon. The official Air Force response, signed by Lt. Colonel John F. Spaulding, concluded that the object was a probable aircraft observation, noting that it is impossible to identify specific aircraft at such a late date and that many aircraft appear as a single light at night. The document also includes a separate, brief record for a sighting in Racine, Wisconsin, in July 1965, where a civilian reported a spotlight-shaped object with a white light in front, which was also concluded to be an aircraft. The file includes technical information questionnaires completed by the witnesses, providing details on their observations, including sketches and descriptions of the objects' movements.