Woodstockill Wiscborder — November 1957

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Keywords: steagall, galesburg, dzscri, astrano, spotted, fireworks, westward, eastward, delevan, droniag, triaagular, scuthj, stopf, suref, galesb, disappiared, in_a_, spoite, iboui, w1tttfs, southtnest, ieekly, netmspaper, episcopal, wwhatnikt
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PROJECT 10013 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATION 3 Ka)lsas City Mo n 1. Woodstock IJ.l, Wi!l~ bord Was Balloon 5 November 1957 2. Delevan Wisconsin o Probably Balla.,. 0 Was Aircraft . LocQ& Xt;round-Visuol 0 Ground-Radar C Probabl1 Aircrolt 0 Possibly Ai rcroft -:ss::-. THO: d'X'Wos AstronoMical Aurora 0 Probably AstronoMicol 0 Possibly Ashono ticol 7. LENGTH OII.OISIItYATION 8. NUMBE,_ Ofl OIJII!CTS 9. COURS! 1. over 30 minutes 1. W to E & 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 2. five ~inutas 3. 9m one back 2. un .. ~ 10. 8RI!II SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 1. Large triangu 1 ) COMMENTS rad object. Green light in front, yell or gray in rear. Low droniag 3ound. Tr ing ~est to east.: vice versa along Il ~isc border./2. One amber or orange triaagular shaped obj 200' in size. Obj ~vas seen w/a red light 8& was in sight for 5 mins/3. One round egg-like orang obj. Obj was the size of a penny or nickel. Obj went westward slightly S, stopped, went eastward, westward, then , disappeared thru trees. Obj in sight for 8 or 9 minutes. ATtC J'ORM 319 (fU'.Y lit SP.P 52) ~:: OF LCC P.L : . ~! .E LLZD LI lC .. : ;- CT L~TA_L, PU:\ G I:t~T CD OR. C C CLU D 4. G::~:.SP.AL DIRECTICI~ ~.ST~JARD) SLIGHTLY SCUTHj ~RIGHTNESS CHAI~GED I:~i::NSITY, IT STOPF:~, TH1~ \.!:KT EASTWARD HR2 OR FOUR It\~HI:C: C EE:P.SUREf'j~t~T AT ARl\ LINGTH); IT ~:st:T [:ST~lARD AGAIN P.ND THEN DISP.PP:P.~:~ ~. AERU?TLY DISAPP RED _ CC) 1. GROUND-VISUAL C:) 1. KAl-;SAS CITY, t~O F JLK3\~:'~;. KANSAS CITY, 1'1 0 3. ~. 5Z~J BROKEN, 12~J0 EROKE~ GALESBURG, ILL., NOV. 5-<UP>--A "FIERY ORANGE OBJECT'HOVERED-: 0TfR. .. 1HE GALESB ... AREA IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS TODAY AND THEN DISAPPiARED""IN_A_ NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, A FARMER.'S. WIFE REPORTED MRS. WILLIAM STEAGALL SAID SHE SPOiTE:bTHE CIGAR o'R EGG-SHAPED OBJECT .IN THE" IBOUI'~413f:-KM' Cst-:W1tttfS-HE WAS :AWAKEN. BY THE ADD OBJECT-:.G'AT-i~SBURG XXX NEIGHBOR'S DOG. ~-... ~S .. l.Ml:AR. SPACE OBJECT WAS-REPORTED SPOTTED SOUTHTNEST O. SPOONER, WIS._,f tAST"NIGHt.)IEEKLY NETMSPAPER PUBLISHER BILL STEWART SA -.. ANi) "-iQdf{ O'~ER: PERSONS, --INCLUDING AN EPISCOPAL MINISTER, SAW "WHAT LOOKED . .. A .BR!GHT MOON OR EXTRA BRIGHT STAR," OVAL SHAPED, STREAKIN'~ACROSS THE SKY . MRS . STEAGALL, REPORTING ON THE GALESBURG wwHATNIKt" SAID "I 7IRST THOUGH7 IT WAS THE MOON, BUT THEN I RALIZED IT WAS . IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE AN ORANGE-COLORED MOON.w "THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS SPUTNIK.w . MRS. STEAGALL SAID SHE ~ATCHED THE OBJECT FOR T~O OR THREE MINUTES AND THEN TRIED TO ROUSE HER HUSBAND FROM SLEEP. ~HEN THEY RETURNED TO THE WI~DOW THE OBJECT HAD DISAPPEARED AND.THE DOG . HAD STOPPED BAYING SHE SAID. . IT SEEMED TO stAND STILL AND THEN MOVED SLOWLY TOWARD THE . NORTH w SHE SAID. IT WAS A~OUT TWICE AS LARGE AS THE MOON. THf STEAGALL F.ARM IS LOCATED ABOUT SIX MILES OUTSIDE OF GALESBURG . A WOMAN IN GALESBURG ALSO SAID SHE SPOTTED AN OBJECT IN !HE SKY AROUND 4 A.M. CST. AT CHICAGO, MRS. ELROY SANDQUIST JR. SAID SHE SPOTTED A ROUND, PINKI5H-ORAN.GE COLORED OBJECT IN THE SKY EARLY SUNDAY. w1 SAW IT JUST FOR A FEW SECONDs,w SHE SAID. AT FIRST 1 THOUGHT I WAS SEEING FIREWORKS BUT I HAD NEVER.SE FIREWORKS OF THAT COLOR OR SHAPE. . . - PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD n. CONCLUSIONS 2 . Dd~svan, liiscons~n o 3. DATITIMI GROU~ 4. TYPE OF OISI!RVATION Wos Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Bolloon .U'(Grouncl-Vi auol C AI,. Vi .suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-Intercept Radar Wos Ai rcroft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircroft C:XXWas Astrano'"ical A 0 Prohobly Astrano"'ical a Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH 0, OISIRYATION 8. NUMBER 01' OBJECTS 0 Insufficient Dete for Evaluation a Unlcnown f ive r.1inut~s . ) . .~g ~est t o aas~ & vice v 2rsa along Ill i : s c !:>or~ar./2. On~ a mber o r oca:1ge ~ .:. i a1:1gul ar shap e d o b j ~ OC' ir: .size. Obj .:> :1j . 0 . j :;a3 the size o f a p~rln: or A'A"IC I'ORM J:Jfl (RP.V 2ft SY.P Sl) OBSERV.A.TION: LOC A TI Ot: O~OBSERVERS: OF ALL OSSER 2ZPO?.TED T O ?AGA:: 3 cor~D~ 755TH ACWRON . :r::i?/C011DR AIR INTELLIGE1~CE CEt.:TER l~?HQ/DIRECTOR OF I~lTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF ~ . ZZSCRIPTION OF OBJECT(S): 4 DZSCRI PTION OF COURSE OF OBJECTS: ;... BR I LLI A~:T COLO?. RED L . V'EY SLO':J TR;.. VE LI :JG 'JJEST TO EAST A .. D iJ ICE VE?. SA ALONG I LL DATE OF SIGHTING: ME AND DAT OF SIGHTI~G 5. LOCATior, OF OES2~VERS r:IVILIF.N !1f..S. t.T I S C 8. UNUSUAL ACTIVITY I N THE AREA: NOt~E 9. INTZRCEPTIOI~ 0~ IDENTIFICATIOI~ OF ACTIOK TAKEI~ 1~. LOCAT!Of\' OF KNOvlti AIR TRAFFIC ON AREA AT T lt1E OF SIGET II\G: I\OiI 11. POSI TIOi\ !ITLEICOi1E!~TS OF PREPARI LG OFFICER CAPT B LO H~1 1~. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE i~JEDAH 6H ~-JZD'WP/COMDR AIR INTELLIGENCE CENTER ~J:?HQ/DIRZCTOR OF II'~TELLIGENCE HEADQUARTZRS USAF I~ ~:CLASIUFeJB 1SK82 DZSCRI?TIO~I OF 03JZCTS A. SHA?Z TRIAN~LE J~SC?..I?7IOU OF COU~SE OF OBJ~CTS A. 3RI~I,~r:T U~:USUAL ACTIVITY IN THE AREA: !!'.-tiRC:::P.!IOii OR IJS:~<TIFICATIC~.; OF 'ACTION TAKEN: LOCAIION ,Qf KNO ! AIR TRAFFIC I~; A";.~A AT T!tw:E OF SIGHT!i:G: : . ?OSITION TITLE/C011i1E1~TS OF P?PAF.I~1G OYFICER: s:~-!IOR DIR:SCTOR CAPT. BLO H:1