PROJeCT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUStOI'fS 0 Was Balloon 12 Se:p 63 Bloomington_, Illinois 0 Probably Balloon i bl Y Boll oon Local C Groun4-VIsual 0 GroundRador 0 Air-Jntercpt Rodor 0 Wos Aircraft 0 Proboh'y Aircraft D Possibly Aircraft a Was Astrl)nomlcol .J ll!.li te~ o Y ~ a P robo~ y Ast~nomi col ;-~No civilid..n 0 Possibly Astronom;cot 1. LENO'TH C~ ~IS!RVATlON 8. NUMIER Ofl OIJSCTS 9. COU~Se 0 Q,her _ .JO 111inu tt;.3. : l) minutes one SW g tJ~k~:i..:,ent Doto for Ev11luotion 10. RRI!II SUMili.AitY Ofl SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS fM01..~nd ,_,hi-:2 obj in sight fo: about 30 mlns. Jupiter .. s.-:-:ond3 .)~serva tion for 15 n in'.l t.es. Initial p:,~t~LV.'lt-; :1 at 5o deg elevation. Disapp~a.re..nce 'l t 3:) de3 2 1 ~vation. Moved f:-.J:n S to S \v. Lost t:,.~I'J.Y TO HEAOQUARTERS CHANUTS TECHNICAl TRAINING CENTr.R (.~TC) UNITED STATl:S A lil f()l(C CH..\NUre AI" FORCE t\ ASi;, ll!.IHOIS HiHn.cr: Report of Unidentified Flying Object TO: AF3C {FTD) 1,Yrignt .. Patterson AFB, Ohio 7h~ !allowing report is submitted for your information and n ecessary ac:i:>~. Due to the delay in the actual reporting of the UFO, the rc~o:-t is submitted in letter form in accordance '\vith paragraphs a. Description of object. (2) Ba3eball (3) \Vhite :,~ D escription o course of obj~ct. Unusually large light {2) 50 elevation ::> e eva.~..to n Moved from South to Southwest (5) Object was lost b ehind clouds (6) Visibla foz-half hour" L ater visible .for 15 rni:1utes. c. Manner of observation {t) Ground-visual (2) No opticle aids used. d. Ti:ne and date of sighting (.2) Night e. Location of o b3 erver. Bloomington, Illinois, eight blocks SvV of courthouse. f. Identifying iniormation of observer (1) :tvlt"s ars old Bloomington Illinois. Housewife's reliability e stimated as very good. g. 'Veather and \Vinds -aloft conditions at time and place o f sighting. (1} Calm and cloudy with some lightning toward \Vest. ( 5 } Scattered_, 1/10 to 5/10 , from cululiforrn to cumulua .... {6) At OSOOZ, temperature and dew point ware identical at 66, possibly causing sotne light refraction. Th~rc '\V~ts frequent li.3htning in the clouds. Distant lightning in the South at 0900Z. (7) From ground to 30 John G. :Wiull:n, 2nd Lt., USAF, Commander .. 1-Iq Sq Sec, Civil Engineeri:lg Group, Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. !.. In Lt ~Aullin's opinion, the object seen by the observer was the planet Jupiter. According to the Air Almanac, Ju.pitet" followed a course f!'0::-:1 South to Southwe-st on 12 Sept between 07 30Z to 1025Z, and a t 07 30Z had 2.:1 altitude of 50 and i\zirnuth of 22.5, and at 1025Z had an altitude and azimuth of 2~5. Police officers stated that th~ object the ob3 e-=ver point~d ou~ \~as a very bright star. FOR THE COMMA.NDE3. ~Aajor, USAF Chief, Operations Services Division