Skokie Illinois — June 1963

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Keywords: skokie, highland, brightly, pouiwy, rotating, rloioi, grounctroclar, robabl1, proitawy, porthol, llcnamara, edens, lvluu, zcrztary, ntagon, ousin, illinois, alrlntoreopt, ufflciont, unlutown, ractor, witnessing, astrona, portholes, grouncf
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3. DATITIMI OIIOUP 5. ..-rloiOi 7. LI!NOTH OP OISIItVATION not reported PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 4. I H"l: 0, OIS!RVATION lJ Grouncf.VIauol 0 GrounctRoclar 0 AI.-Vhual 0 Alrlntoreopt Ractor I. NUMI!Jt Oft OIIJ!CTS t reported CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 P robabl1 Balloon PouiWy Balloon Was Aircraft 0 Pro it obi y AI rcr oft PouiWy Aircraft 0 Was Astrono,dcol 0 ProitaWy Astro,."'lcol Possibly Astrona"'ical ~ t,.ufflciont Data for Evaluation D Unlutown 11. COMMINTS ItO. aIIP IUMM.AitY 0' liGHTING Witnessing car bet~en Skokie and Highland Park, Illinois observed a very bright rotating light v.lth porthol-es all the way around. Estimated altitude, 2,000 ft. Duration and motion omitted. Description indicates possible observation of the advertising a/c operating in this area with an electric sign. However, since no motion vas reported the case is considered as insufficient data. 1Ir. Robert llcNamara Secretary Gf Defense Pentagon Building Washington, D.c. Dea r Sir: I was on the Park, Illinois on Edens Highway between Skokie and Highland June 8, 1963 at approximately 9;30 P . M. when I saw a very brightly lit rotating object at about 2,000 feet high which had. brightly lit up portholes all the way around it. I would like to know if you can tell me what , this object was? I a m 11 years old and my father, 15 year old brother and a c ousin all witnessed this event with me. T~k you very much for your trouble Detroit 19, Michigan i.iR. ROB T l'.!CNA.lVLUU. !:>ZCRZTARY OF DEFENSE P~NTAGON B~ILDING