PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR~ I. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 2 JUl. 0 Vicinity M:>nticello, Illinois a Prelt.W, &eileen J. DATITIMI ._ nPI 011 GallltVATION a Wo Ahcreft Loce1-----------Cl o.._. .. va .. .t D O.ro.,ndR_,., D Preltoltl1 Aircreft D AI.-Yiwel D Alr-lntorc.,t ._,., D PosiWy Alrcroft r------------ ;;.._ ,ll Wo Atrenofftlcel Moon D ProltoW y Aat,.Nfftlcol D Poelltly At,.nofftlcol 7. LINOTM Ofi.OIIIIYATION I. NUMIIIt Ofl OIJICTI t. COUitll D lnsufflciOftt D.,o fer E~luotlon one 3t&tionary OP IIOMTINO ot ~haped objec~. ~eli!~h-orange ~itc a b~i :ant slow. '!; c-: r~:::a!!lej s~ati~:la-y ar.C. 11. COMMIMTI Tlle s ame object \,'a. 3 ~een by tb~ ~cport...., office~ and he repor ted it a s the coon .;een through s haze l r. APPEA~EU TO EE ~OVING VF~Y SLJGHTL)' T~fl~ O[~F~\!ATIC~ ~:~S ~ADE WtilLf TR~VELir~G .A.P?ROY-l~ATFLY 7;~ :":P~{ T '1F AUTO~:OEILE. wATCHEU T Hl 0 ~JfCT UNt~T I L T HF hUTOMO 8 1 L F A PPROAC {f J OREANA, ILLINOIS, AT ~HICH Tl ~F T~i[ OBJFCT FADED OUT AND DISAPPFARFD. ON THE SA~[ NIG~T AT ~1~32, ~7 JULY 195~, I ~AS DRIVING ~OME ON CriANUTE AFB, ILLlf,OIS , ihnfi~ Ol~F OF MY CHILDREN ASK r.r ~ 1AT T Hf BHIGHT OBJECT WAS 1~ THE SKYe I LOOKED DUE WEST AND OESFRV[D TriE MOOh TH~OUGH 1~T APPEA~ED TO BE A ~AZE LAYER. IT WAS ABOUT 1/~ FULL AND CAST A E~ILLIANT O~AI~GE GLOW IN THE THE SKY T~f fY~:T OUTLI~E ~AS NOT DlSCi IELF BECAUSE OF T~[ HAZE, BUT A ERILLI~r~T, CRE~CNT SHAPi: GLC~ ~ADE AI~ ur~USAUAL APPfARANCE. THE t-'00 ~h ~ 1/0:, FULL ON Tri NlG1T IN OUESTICr~ AND ~COl\.SET ,.,;3 AT ~1~9?.. I CCt S- T10NFU SfVfn~LSrf\rl :r STATICl ATTEND:-. \T3 c:. ~l~nV.'AY "7 ::-rT~FF"': VI NCtD THAT ~fi~. wAS OF~EfiVIf\~ T~[ 1 1,.. ;'~001~ T--ifiCUGH EIT~R A HAZf LAYfR C~ A FLFFCY CLOUD. T~ METEOf\OLCCICAL COr~DITICNS ~'FRF fYTRAPCLATFD AND/OR OBSF.J\VED FROM MAPS Ar~D CHARTS FOR DFCATUR, ILLINOIS. A. WIND DI~FCTICr~ AND SPfED AT ALTITUDF~ CFEET AEOV SfA LfVfL>. LGT IV REL LGT IVP. 9L N EAT HER D AT A ...... 7 ~ ~ C ~ T IJ F. I S r ~0 T AVA I LAB L F T 1 F. F 0 L L 0 W I N G STATIGNS Akt ~GU;.~n ~-PChTlNG LOCP.TIONS AND LOCf..TED AROUND D!.C-'T.JR. -?PnOYI T~LY 45 MILE~ NF K DPFTG OVF RNWY K D~FTG 0\fR RNi..iY. PAGE TwO RJEO~U 65 o . NOT NOTICEABLE SOU~D. 3 . DSCRIPTIOi~ OF COUF.SF Of OBJECT C~>: 1. 065i~VER'S ATffNTlON ~AS DIRECTED TOWARD T~[ OEJFCT BY ~ER 7-YfAF\-CLD DAUG.iTEFe b . OEJFCT ~AS VI SISLF FC~ APPROvi TFLY 15 MINUTFS. FnO~ ~O VI~G AUT0~09ILF :""T OF SI~HTING: PAGE :~REE RJEDNU 65 . E. LOCATION OF OBSE~VE~ CSl: 0 EJECT 0 BSEkV ro WHILE T};AVELI NG IN r~N AUTOt':O BILE FROM :Vi0~Tl,:ELLO, li..~lNOIS, 4~.; w~2N ZE 3~w TO OREANA, ILLINOIS, .39 F. IDENTIFYING INFO~MATICN ON OBSERVER CS>: ., AGf 25, OCCUPATION, ~OUSEWIFE, ECAUR, ILLINOIS. ESTIMATE OF RELIRILITY G. Wf~THEH ANJ ~IN~S--ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACF OF I N -:-.:r FFC'JT ~EAT Ci=" .t\ :JAU':;nTt.l' :~:.i..Eu .-.EE\ ATTi,TION TO.; ERILLIANT OEJFCT IN Tdf SKYe TiE G~J~CT ~AS A FIE~Y REDDISH-ORANGE COLCR, ~LIGHTLY DE RJFONU 65 p 29.215jz zrv F~ CilAl~UTE TCH T~G CFN ATC C.-{ANUTE AFB ILL T 0 RJ t~ FA L I AD C t.: NT AF o C 0 LO nJEDS~/ATIC wPArB OHIO I RJ EZ H~ /HQ USA; AFC IN WASH DC RJEZH'.J/SEC OF A"i S~FIS WASH DC U cL,;3 OSD !C2G. SECiiOf~ ONE OF TwO SUB.JFCT: UFO A. ~E3CRIPTIOl~ OF CEJECT: ABOUT ~1.-.~r Ti-1::-SIZE' OFT-if OBJECT APPFAkZJ ONCF PF r~'"JEDSO DE R J E Df\'U 66 F CHA~uTE TECfJ T G cr:r ATC CHA~.1JTE AFR I l.L TO ~JYFAL/ADC ENT AFE COLO RJEr'SC/ATI C tVPAFB OH! 0 RJ~:P.G/HO USAF AFCI~! t.'ASH rc lt! CL!S OS!' 32G. FI ~AL SCTIOr o;-T~JO ~!JP.JE:CT: UFO 9~ SCATTE:\!:D AH::P.. CLOL'r. COVE~: t.or;: OR VERY FE .' CL.Cl:f' S l c DEGREES C 15 DEGREES C 2 DE~REES C 35 DEGREES C OTH::R METEOROLI G I CAL ACT! VIT~ !o!HI CH M I ':HT ACCOUNT FOR SI ~HTI NG: P0~IA, APPROXI~ATELY 5Z i1ILES rH, REL::ASES RA',JI~'SONrE BALOO~l APFP.CXIMATELY Z. z EACH DAY BALLOOr HO!.!LD EE A!RBOR !'E AP?RCX- IrtATt.:LY 2 TC 3 HOL'RS P ... r. UP TO OR 7~,~c~ FT. THIS WOULD :"i=..R~T Fl!RTHER r~v:::STl':AT!c~' rr THE osJCT :IAS :-EARLY STATIO~!AF.Y.