PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE l. CONCLUSIONS Wos Bolloon 0 Probobly Boli-n DATETIME CROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon Xl Ground-VI suol 0 Ground-Rodor Wos Ai. croft Probably Aircraft 0 AI,..VI.,ol 0 Alrlntercept Roclor Possibly Aircraft Wos Astronoml col Probably Astronomical Heteor Possibly Astronomical LENCTH o.-OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECT S 9. COURSE 0 lnsuHiclent Doto lor Evqluotlon 0 UnlcnoWft BRIE,-SUMMARY OP' SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Object shaped like a star and about the size of The witness reports that t he object was white with a pulsating dul)-red light about the size and shape of a star. trailing behind. No sound. No trail. it was pulsating and vas dull red. though no tail or trail existed and the object was i n view for 15- 20 sec. probably a meteor ATlC f'ORW JlQ (RP.V l6 SP.P Sl) HEADQUARTERS CHANUTE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER (ATC) A.'rl'N Oi': OSi) SUB.JEOT : l.:'O Sighting UNITID STATU All FORCI CHAHUTI All FOICI BASI. IWNOIS TO: .'!TIC C:~'~'CilJ-4E2) 1.Ticiht - Patterson .'I.FS, Ohio '.i'he attached investigating officer ~ report ot li~O S ighting is fono~arded i n accordance wi. th JU"R 200- 2 . FOa T:!E CO:lMANDER Cl~ief, Operations Services Division Rept, \.J:.o'O Sighting 5. Time and n e o; Si;hting : 6. Locati on of Obs~rver: 40007 t N 8815 ;r -University of Illinois Ca:npus 7. Identifying Infonnation on Observer: I llinois, age -22. Cbserver Engineering at the Univer sity ~s 'l er a of Illinois. , Urbana, 8 . 'lee Att:\chment f0r weather ;md Hinds aloft at tin~ o! ob!i~rv~tion. 0 . Coments of Frep3r tr1g Officer -Fr. as ea1-nest. in his rerorting o; thi s s if)lting . ~e could be considered as '1.'1 .above avP-rage source for obsertations in thir type of sightL"lg. He could no~. conpare it to a.'1J' o: the kno:m satr~ll i.t ot~er th31"! the speed comp~red to Echo I . ~stigating Office r CHANUTE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER (ATC) UNITED STATU AI fO.Cl Chanute A ir Force Base, Illi nois TDA-4 (Major Coolidge) 4125 JO September 196o susJt:CT : Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) To Operations Services Division (OGD) 1 . General: Cb 29 September , from the Champaign- Courier, reported that he had rece:i.ved a phone call reporting a U. F .o. Subsequent investigati o n rPvealed the following: 2 . Description of Object: The object was shaped lL~e a star and was about the size of a star. b. It was white with a pulsating dull-red light trailing behind it. on~ one object. It haB n o discernible Description of the Course of the Object: a . Cl.>server stuck his head out of the car window to look up to see i! the sky was cloudy and observed the object direct~ Observer watched object cros'3 sky to the north/north east and disappear beyond the horizon c . Object was visible for an es timat.oo 15 to 20 seconc!s or about three ti:nes the soeed of Echo I 4 . Manner of Observation : a . Gr ound -visual ll.;PI,Y T() SOBJt:CT : CHANUTE TECHNICAl TRAINING CENTER (ATC) UNITED STATU All FOlCf Chanu te A ir Force Base, Illinois TDA-4 (Hajor Coolidge) 4125 JO September 1 96o Meteorological Conditions at Cha..~ute Ar~. Illinois, 0120Z, 29 September 1960 To: Operations Service Division (OSD) 1. The Meteorological Conditi ons ta.'cen from maps and charts for Chanute AFB, Illinois a; Wind Direction, Speed and T emperatures at Altitudes: Temper ature. 64 Degrees b 'N'eather at Cha..'!lpaign, Illinois 65 Degr~s F. 49 Degrees F. c . Stability at Chanute -~ Parallel to St dard-Lapse Rate 5-6 Degrees Centigrade -warmer -