PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ~ LOC4TIOH 12. CONCL USIOtU 0 Was Bolloon 13 December 1961 Chicago, Illinois o Proho"ly Ball_, s si bl Y Boll Lo~------------0 Gro""d-VIsuel 0 Ground-Radar Was Ailc:roft 0 Probably Airc:roh GMT 14) 0228Z 0 Ai ,..VIwuaf . 0 Alrlntttrc~t Rodcw 0 P o ssibly Air craft 0 Ye tl Prohobly Astrono'"lcol !l Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astrono~nlcol 1. LENGTM Ofl OISI!R\fATIOH I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other 0 Insufficient Oeto for Evaluation 0 U nil no""" jlO. 8RIIfl SUMMAIItY Ofl StCHTINO ~ange to brlght white sphere l/2 ~izc o~ coon observed toN bu_rning out. Cbject in sight for 4-5 seconds. ll o tail or sound and object did not break up c::-explode. AnC POIUI 3J9 (RSY U aU 52) 11. COMMENTS Sighting has the ch~acteristics of a meteor obersvation. C011BAT R&ADINESS 'llUlNlN(J O:Pl!..RA'rlONti 64TH TROOP C~ SQUADRON, l-lliDIUM (RESERVE) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 0' HARE DlTEllllATIOllAL AJRPO.f(T Chicago 66, Illinois ATTN OJ: CRT 29 January 1 962 SUBJECT : Unidentified Flying Objects Air Technical. Intel ligence Cent e r nited States Air For c e right-Patt erson kir Farce Base, Ohio 1. The .following information as outlined in Paragraph 1.5 AFR 200-2 is subai tt.ed .for yaur in.formation. Des~ption of the Object(s): Si z e moon in diamete r 2 . Spher e e. Location of Observer(a): Chic.:~go & \..fall er, 5700?zst , 800 North Second floor f . l denti.fying Info on Observer(s): 3. Orange to Br i ght \ihite h. Burned out Chicago,lll 'l>. De: s c ription of Cours e of Object(s): 1 . South to North i n Slight arc 3 . Burned out 1 ~forth 5 l t o 5 seconds 6 4 to 5 sec onds c , ?-'.anner of Observation: 1 . Ground Visible d ~ Time and Date of Sighting: 2. Jiight . T"'dOMAS A. HI !.QUIST Base Operations Officer g. Weathe r and Hi nos 1 .. Not Reported Not Reported 3. Uot Reported j. Don't know U F 0 ANALYSIS SHEET 13 December, 1961 Cn cago Ill inoi s I . DATE TIME GROUP L OCAL ----------- PHOTO Y ES NO XX PHYSICI\l. SPECIME YE~ _ _ NO X!_ MILITARY C I V I L ! AN ::..;;.;:_ TYPE OF OBSERlATION Ground Visual LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4_- _5_S_e_c_on_d_s _ NUMBER Or OBJECTS _On e COURSE North . l SATELLITE: IN ORBIT: VERIFY YES: I ASTRONOMICALPHENOMENA o b ---------~----------- METEOR Probably REFLECTION ---- SUN DOG ------ INVERSION PRESENT PHOTO ANALYSIS--------- LENTICULAR CLOUD PHYSICAL SPECIMEN ANALYSIS----- : BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Orange to bright white sphere 1/2 size of moon observed t o Hnrth burning out . Object in sight for 4- 5 s econds. No tail or sound and object d i d not break upj or explode. ASta:m (Neteor) CONCLUSION: Si~ting has the characteristics of a met eor observation.