Project 10073 Record — Chicago, Illinois, October 1965

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported by a civilian in Chicago, Illinois, on 11 October 1965. The witness, a 39-year-old female, reported observing a single object for approximately five minutes. She described the object as a large star in the shape of a cross, white in color with a red tail. She noted that the object appeared as a star when standing still but became round when moving, and that it turned around when it took off. The witness also reported a slight roar associated with the object. The sighting occurred under clear, cold weather conditions with a full moon. The report was investigated by James B. Whelan, a civilian flight operations clerk with the 928th Troop Carrier Group, who noted that the witness seemed reliable and was positive about her observations. However, the official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency was that there was no data presented to indicate the object could not have been an aircraft. Subsequent correspondence from Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, dated 20 December 1965, informed the witness that the Air Force was unable to reach a definitive conclusion regarding the cause of the sighting due to the nature of the report. The document also includes various administrative forms, weather data, and internal Air Force correspondence related to the processing of this sighting report.