PROJECT 10073 RECORD.CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon 5 December 1957 'F allo n Illinois o Proba.,ly Balloon Locl------------:~rounci-Vhuol D GroundRador g ~;:b ;'t ii= fd: ====~f-r.~O AI,.VI.uol D Alrlnterc Radar 0 PouiWy Aircraft .------------~---I o Waa Aatronomicol~le t a or 0 Probably Astrono111lcal k---- -------- ruL- -----I:~PoasiblyAstronolllical 7. LI!MOTH 0, OIS!RVATION I. HUMIER 0, OIJ!CTS 9. COURSe 0 Other::----~- - 0 Insufficient Doto for Evoluotlon 0 Unlcnown 10. 1111' SUMMARY 0' SIGHTING Obj ect shape o:t' unshar )e ned penei 1 , approx - i n c h .:;s wid J lJy 1 0 ft lon.;;, !Jlu3-white. Solid tJar n r li .. ~ht with sparks '~:nittin.;. Tlu e(} 'l,t'tll ~1arts :1ppeare d to bre::tt<: o f f , ..:acil l>urnin for a p prox 1 se::::o nd. OIJ:j Htif.d ~u ed to A'I'IC PORM 329 (RitV 21 8&P 12) 11. COMMENTS I I Llt;on.., i s t an t in f o r :n:.."'.. t ioH . Howeve~: ollj t?C t could 1JO~;;..:;..i.1Jly b e a me~eo:t He.O,OQUARTERS SCOTT AI~ fORCE BASE 1-405ril AIR lASE WING (MATS) UNIYID SJATIJ All fOitCI SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS fiDc t957 SUBJECT: Report of Sighting of Unidentified Flying Object ( UFOB) TO: Commander Air net ens e Command Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs, Colorado 1. The attached report is subnit,ted in accordance with the- ~ requirements of Air Force Regulation 200-2 2. This Headquarters has taken the liberty of presenting the findings in the format indicated in Inclosure 1 inasmuch as AF Form 112 and AF Form ll2a are not immedi~ely available. - FOR 'i'HE Cot1MANDER : Rpt of UFOB BUDIN--I Assistant Adjutant Headquarters, Air D~fnnse CotDPiand, Ent. Air Force Base, Colorado TO: Commander, Air Technica:l Intelligence Center, ATTN: AFCDJ 4E4 \'fright-Patterson Airt Force Base, Ohio Rpt of UFOB HE.AD~UARTERS " i'T AIR F ORCE BASE 1405th AIR BASE \JI~Ii United States Air Force SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLDTOIS Report of Sighting Unidentified Flying Object 5 December 1957 Utilizing the format specified in paragraph 7d, AFR 200-2, the following report of sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object is submitted. ~ght with soarks aminating. i. _!hree S!.!.~li.l.!:fii~l.r:_t~s~a:-.Jp;j;p~e~a:!:r~e~d~t~o_b~r~e~a:J:k~ou.f,.f+~ ~aclJ. bm:n,ing for approx !~l.Y-one second. 2. Description of Course of Object. a. Attracted 11'[_.9~.W.:h_ancy of object. -:5 r..u b. Esti.rr.atetC'Jo de~ree~ elevation, and azimuth of~.\ qe grees. c. Estimat~dCB.Q def!re"Ei~ elevation, and a zimuth or @Jfffgrees. d. Qbject was observed in vertic~l descent. ~o mane~erio~. Object was in u~right position. 11anner of Observation. ;~,~tJ<J f.. 1J '-j. c ) ./" -./ a. Grol.Uld-visual. h. Time and Date of Sighting. 5. Location or Observer. a. On State Route 43, approx~ate~ 2-3 mile s north of Leba non, J-llinoi;~,. In automobile headed in southerly direction. 6. Identifying Information of Observer. Considered reliable 7. \ Joather and ~iinds-Aloft Conditions. n . Clear, cold and i' rosty. b. Air Weather Service report: Slight thin ov9rcast. Ten miles. Ten tenths. 8. Other Unusual Activity or Condition. a. Contrails to the south. 9. Interception or Identification Act~on. 10. >cation of A~ Traffic in Area At Time of Sighting. a. t1ilitary -No local aircraft were fzying. b. Civil or Transient -Unknown. 11. Title of Reporting Officer and Comments . Lt. Colonel Bernard P. Whitehouse Wing Operations Officer 1405th Air Base Wing Scott Air Force Base, Illinois No si&h~- s ~.r aey of our radar UI!.;_t.sJ_g_r py g_ur con..tr.Ql. tower attenqar~ts. 12. Pgysical Evide~ce. a. None. \.Q~...~rverL~ere so affected 'by the sifihiin[/that they turned tlieir nutomobile around and went back to the area, but coul d find nothing. They did not, however, proceed on foot across th~ open countr,yside 1vhich exists in the area.