I. DATITIME PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Was Balloon Probably Balloon ._ TYPE Of OISERVA~T~IO~NIU....._..!i;;.6..wJiii~!iiU.I:....J&..o. rT" PossfOiy Balloon ~ ..a-VI a1 D 1"!--unciR-... or D Was Aircraft &Nun.-au '"" .... D Probably Aircraft D AI~ Vi suol D Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Aatronomi col D Probably Astronomical i vi 1 ian D Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE OOOther I 1 1 us jon D Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown IRIEf OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Bullet shaped obj, size of quarter, shimmering gold & very bri.ght, sta tio.L.O.r- AftC POD J2t (RaY 2t laP 52) Observer was driving into t sun & possibly the sun's refraction fm some obj caused an optical illusion SQF,71 YMC339AHA I RR RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ . FM COMDR 62ND FTR INTCP SQ OHARE INTL APRT PK RIDGE ILL TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC RJEDAHICOMDR 37TH AIR DIV RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER RJEPHQ/ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF RJEPHQ/OFFIC OF INFORMATION SERVICES HQ USAF .. UNCLAS/62INT 1677. REFERENCE AFR 200-2 PARA 15, PATED 5 FEBRUARY 1958. THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED. . PARA A. (1 ULLET SHAPE <2> SIZE OF A UARTERt Cl( IMMERING GOLD NIA, (6) NONE, (7) NONE, (8) NONE AND VERY BRIGHT,)C4) ONE, (5) DEG/3S~ DEG AZIMUTH, (3) 45 EG/303 PARA B. (1) BRIGHTNESS (2) 45 DEG AZIMUTH, (4) 0 M VEME (5) NSTANTL '(6)(i MINUTE5;) PARA C. (1) GROUND_VISUAL WHILE DRIVING AU oSW(2) NONE, (3) NIA, PARA D, (1) 21/0115/MAY 58, ( DUS PARA E, <SIGHTING TOOK PLACE AT THE INTERSECTIO S OE RIV AND CENTRAL ROAD WHICH IS TWO PARA F, (1) MR /i'.tr C;tJf wJ,;~ t1J:Je,VI!Yl PAGE TWO RJED 1-R ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS, OCCUPATION HOUSE WIFE, C2) N/A PARA G Cl) REAL CLEAR . NOT A CtOIID IN tHE SKY (2) ' ALTITUDE NOT AVAILABLE (3 ~ (4) MILEs,.<5) NONE, (6) NONE, PARA H NONE, PARA I NO, PARA J J55TH AClW SQ WAS CONTACTEP AND R PORTED ~0 CONTACT WITH ANY UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS AND ALSO rHERE WtRE AIRCRAFT IN THE NO OM OHAR AT TIME OF THE SIGHTING, PARA K THE REPORT WAS RECEIVED BY THIS ORGAN IZATION ON 22 MAY 1958, 1631 LOCAL HOURS. AN l~TERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED_ THE NEXT MORNING AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE SIGHTER BY T/SGT WILLIAM D, MORROW I~TELLIGENCE NCOa THE SIGHTING OF THE OBJECT OCCURRED JUST AT SUNDOWN MAGNifYING T POSSIBI ITY OF AN OPTICAL ILLUSION~e,,Hcv,"' SET. DUE TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT A GOOD ~ PARA L -NONE- /YIJ{ /fu-'SI .. I Prt~ If? tNld Tl-i' Sc/N CA~ aKCUIUTY CI.Aaeii'ICATION JOINT ME88AGIEP'ORM II'ACI 81LOF IIIDVID I'Oit COMMVHICATIOH CBHTII Plt.CKDKNCK TYN MaCI (CIHtt) ACCOUNTING ACTION ooec MUI.TI etNO ... OltiCI. OR lt.P"ER8 TO 62INT l6TI 8P'IECIAL INeTitUCTIONa C<M>R; A1'IC IN'l'CP SQ OH.Alm INTL APRT; PARK RIDGE, IIJ . AFCilf-4E -UNCLASSD'IIID -EF'TO Ret yaur UI'O report, 62IN'l' 1677 4t4 23 MB\Y 58. Request your organization re-contact source to find out it she stopped her car before and/or after abe sighted. the object, and in which direction vas abe driving. Ref para. 6b, AFR 200-2. Request you also chck with the several airports _in your vicinity for &nth1ng that might have been in the area at time of sighting. Ref para. 5 COORDINATION: AME AND TITLE UNCLASSIFIED/EFTO M/\RY C. MARKEVICH tst u., us,~.F As$i 2:1t f.llministrative Officer DATI: TIME MONTH YEAR REP'LACE8 DD FORM 173, I OCT 48, WHICH WILL BIE USIED UNTIL EXHAU8TED DE RJEDAH 32R FM COMDR 62D FITINCEPTRON OHARE INTL APRT PK RIDGE ILL TO COMDR ATIC UNCLAS/62INT 1857 . REFERENCE YOUR MESSAGE AFCIN--E/618763 UNCLAS/EFTO DAT~D 13 JUNE 1958 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTEDI OBJECT WAS SIGHTED WHEN STOPPING FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL ONLY WHILE DRI~NG IN A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. AFTER CAB VAS STOPPED SHE WAS ........-: .._..'--iii t.M.M.....Jijt.a.u~ CHECK WITH OTHER AIRPORTS IN THIS VICINITY EALED NO OTKER TRAFFIC IN THE AREA A AT TIME OF SIGHTING. illiams Planetarium MAIIIELLE COIMACK WILLIAMS PAll MUSIUM, PlOVIDEMCE 5, I. I. ~ It Ye ha4 the pleaeure ot heariq J'OU seYeral times at Sk,Jaorapere and we have uaed 7our book an PlJ1Dg Saucers at our Planetarium ahov About a week ago, I the acquaSn ce o~ a Bhode IalaD4 vaaen Who baa actual aeen. a u.F.o She write to Her name la Mra. Arlington Bta., Il11Do1a, a suburb or Chicago. She thla sighting on Ma7 20, 19S8 while driving her Chicago office to her tD a suburb nortbweat o~ tbe clt7. . 'l'be hour vas 8100 p.m., kr abnoftlallJ clear. The matter -::...::=~ ... ~<-t.:.":.r~f/: waa reported to the Air Porce on MaJ' 23, 19S8. ~ She saw aeYeral. tbtDgs,aaong th, the saucer whl.ch --~ .-J! ,,: \ : he aa14 vaa perhaps 8 ~t. above ground and big two ~ fi t1 ) ordlnar1 house It was a dull gun aetal gra7, 1 ta sur-~----:-- .. tace badl7 pitted. It looked like tvo old ta1h1oned soup 41ahea, taateDed together bJ a large metallic band. She 1a coovtnced 1t was not a wea~er baloon. She an entirely rational and 1ble wat,.an, 4S 1h, ""1e4, with a aon tn some research dept. connected with ~11ee. I thought perhaps 700 would w1ah to add tbia to 7our -voluminous ~1le OD u.P..o Marlbelle Co~ack Mueeum Director Ml11 Maribelle Cormack Muaenm Director Ro1er Will Planetarium Ro1er Will 1 Park Muaeum Providence 5. a. I. sel' abaence the Obaervatory,on extended European trlp,I wlab to acknowledge your letter of J'uly Z4. When be returna, on ely September 11, I know be will be interested to read your in- Slncerely youra, Dorla BeauclolD Secretary to Dr. Menzel Arllnaton Helgbta, Dllnola Dear Ml'l. Codlrey: September 21, 1959 have recently learned that you obeerved a "flylna aaucer" lat May _::-!) and reported thl to the Air Force a few day later. Perhapa you are familiar wlth my book on the eubject of flying saucers, published by the Harvard Unl- veraity Pre lD any event, I am always lntereated in lghtlngs, and try, if poaalble, to flnd a reaaonable natural explanation for them. In moat case a I have luccee.ded. I would appreciate it if you would aend me just ae much info ion aa you posaibly c:an. Tlmea, directions, locatlona, sky, and From the character of your report, aa repeated to me, I would judge tbat this might be an ''inferior mirage of the sky, seen against a roadwa.Y Jf the aaucer was of a silvery gray and seemed to move ahead of your car aa driying, keeping the road, this is almost certainly the proper explanation. MaDy people have made aimilar reports. Thanklna you in advance, I am vbc: J. A. Hynek Cor!llally yours, Donald H. Menzel M& JtrartboUe Cor 1.1talt-arn Dltecte1' RcEI' ~lUJiar~ .r.l!lntarh:ar4 Roi" \'i Ul~ma :i~ar~ li\lVIl~U3 II, ltlt Tb.aak rc-~ rr c 1::..eb tor you.-r..t~ l~to~ o;f lulr Zt, &t."'at the n~rt eca Fly~ns ~ce\.1tra. I L~, ... Jut rtur;ed ~d ua~c a wo, !J c.t.~ al to .,_,t~ra &o fZtU t!\e or~t::.~.u plct"re. hal LO tay. Tb.&~ ) .. ~:.~lor ~ll.r itl~eret. 1 m &lad t:J a~ tll18 to D\1 fU. wb.leh. aa fO~ b&ve 6Cf &l .. d, le Vglau4!-"~le