OAT: TI'-'E GROU~ c.J::_ C ~)/lCOOZ s. TYPE::: :. 33ERV.\TION 2. LCCArto~ -I.cittl: ton .. Illino:i.s CO~CLUSION 1! t I IDE-I TI FI ED 1 .. Strange firey dJj3ct cbser.ved in SSE far 45 s e c- 1 minute . r.:::.1s'1.1 'll. li~ht ost:il.!ated at 7 ,000 ft. Apex of l:it~ ht \d. t.h most L-:";:-!1.38 portion a t t:>p fanning out a t bottom. No object observet;l c-~.md-Vi.3uaJ. cr::y light. Di.rction of apex to ~fWJ ani ob,je ct !:Z4~ appeared t c 2.. 'Y.J3i3r"ter drlYing EastHard a nd ob~e ct belie v ed to be one nil~ . -.-?.]rosa u p in .f~n of car. Shadowy cons sh3.p~d object. \lith - _-P_H_O_T_o_s _,,_.:l.:-e jetting out of the b ott:.om. T!'!ou ght trot t!:e obj. Ha s rock( t powered Hi th mi::rt.ure t oo rich becau Ge af the Sfa r~:s comi.1g frcm ;..1 Yn t~ l:ottom. flruieS \/er e reddish - purple . Object climbed to 1 , 5( 0 ~---------;:t. com.i:ng to .. o ard the cbserver. Le-..relled o f f at thi3 a ltitude. '; , PHYSICAL EYIO!NCE 1f.?.Ce shapp loop ani cli.11bed tn 3 , 500 f't an d re aded East . Spark~ . turned blui3l .yellow obj~ct readed East ~""li disa:Jp9ared L'l .:1 !:leccnd c:r t'IIO. Sh:3.?~ li!Ja ice cream cone upsi d e do~. 60 f t j,h ILLINOIS HEAOOUARTE?'5 S~l.!CTIV~ S'!:tVJ<C~ $ t/ST~M .(IJ3 EAST \'/;\ HII'ouTO N s rR..;r::r SPRINCiFILD. ILLINOI S 62/01 .' .1. o r R . r . Casalasp t.o C''1mmancle e 22 July lDG4 ~2i:ircl Sel e c tive Ser\ice Squadron 3.)Uing Air Force Base, D. C . !.. ~ar l\Iajor Casabsp:o: If you thin. i t appropriate I wonder H you would b; ki nd enough 'I) fonvard ihe <ltt a:Led 1eport of a "flyin g sn.w.:er'' to the Air f'otc.:c-' o:lic e whic h i s co:lc::-.~n.ed with su<.;h phenontena. who snbmits this report, i s u US :l t Uo clerk e :1loyed at ::. ~:s Headquarters for th9 past two years. He was ::o'1orably (li;:;charf!:~r! fron1 the Artny after more t han tht'ce yean; setvice in \.Yorld \- . ....: II. He is 54 years of age. M:c. : s generally regarded at t h i s Headqu~n~ters as a rnmpletel.y honest 1.:1cl reliable petson . For this reason \Ve com;ider it acl\"isable to mn.~e hi:-3 report available to the Air Force. This office a s well as would be most interestP.d in bowing whether it c:evelops that there is some explanation for the phenomenon. Sincerely yours, FOR THE STATE DIRECTOR F . B. 'WOODWORTH Ll. noloncll , USAF Dcpu~y State Dire<.!tor T O WHO ... \ ! I':' ~L-\.Y CONCERN: So Tllinois Heaclquartees ~dective SPrvice Syste1n -:!:05 East \Vashington Street Sp ringiield, illinois G2701 22 July 19t:i4 At ::'_.Jout -:45 a . m . on 20 July 1964 I was driving eastbound throu~h a wooded area on State Route 101 about two miles west of Littleton, Illinois, \Vhen I not iced a shadowy cone -sbaptci IJOJec~, wit:'1 fire jetting out of the bott01n, ri.se straight upward over the trees in front and to the right of me at a distance of possibl y one n1ile. ~ly fi:-st thought ,.,.as that it was a jet plane, then I decided it was a rocket powered cone-shape~ ooj3ct . I r ecall t::.:.n..king that their rocket mLxture was too rich as ihe S!)arks or fla1nes wer-e reddish purple. I then realized [ 1night be looking at a "fly in~ S;tucer. " As I ~ontinued driving ea3tward the object climbed to about 1500 feet nnd leveled u(f, coming di.=-e~::~ly toward m e . A t :~at mo1nent it r c1ninded rne of a large sunnower with yellow p :n.als stic - out all around i~; I was l ooking at its front s ide and the p etals were the rocket S~::trks fa"'..n.:.:g ont a.round the ed2;es. This lasted only a second or two, then it macle a shat'p loop up\vard n.ntl almost reversed its course, levelLn g off at about 3500 feet and heading n.lmost due c:1st. 1: was as if the operJ.cor had golten his hear ings. The sparks from the rocket now tucn~d a blulsh yellow, making a ball of fire, and in a very few seconds i t was con1pletely out This flying object, as I saw it, was s haped like the cream of an ice cream cone with the rockets whe r e the cracker part is. I would gues3 it was about 60 feet in diameter. I have drawn the attached sketch to show how the object looked to m e in the various positio ns 1 in which I saw it. I cannot say whether it was ascending from the ground at the moment I first saw it or whether lt may have been flying at tree top level when I saw it making its flight straight upward. 1 The sk-:: was clear and &till dark, although it was beginning to turn gray in the east. I was alon~ :r: :17 car . Ther e was no other traffic on the highway'in tha t vic1'1.ity. !vly car windows we .::: 'J ijecause of ths cool weather and I h~a.rd no unusual sow1ds. The whole :iuc.:ident as c~e3~ ribed ~1.bove probably took uo more tlu.m one minute . HEADQUAR'rE!lS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR c:'ORC:::: SY.ST E\o\S C 0 :-.4M"'ND Ulo\IT~O l'rAYE:!I AIH F OHCF. 'l'f~lOHT'>ATTI!A.!ION AI~ FOl~CO,: ll-'~1::, <)HI~:' \.i~ ::..::.'11! rec~Lved an unid.entified flying object report from J oseph initial r cporl did not contaln sufficient Informatio n fc: ~:1. ~val:.1:ttion. It 1~ suggested that u FTD .~orm 164 be f orvrard- e d ~.:l r. comp l~tlon and returned to u s . UCl c ; tJP s.=cu~J i'Y! This 1:3 :L'"l r-e8ponse t o ~rour latter of' July 22., "..964, i n \'lhiah you =-~ported observing an unusual objecc L'"l ~he Llttleton, Illinois ~rga. SL1ce your ~e9ort of t h e 3ignting Jid not ~ontain 3U~tio!ent L~o~tion to ~naole our invs3tiga tor5 4-.:o make a n evalua!:i":)n_, ;ve a:;~ inclosing a 2ola, lo4 U. 3. Alr F orce ~ chnlcal Y~f>o ,-::tat ton she-3t .1t ~ :9quest at you complace cna qu tions Ln a~ t!lUoh detail a 3 oos.s!~lg a nd urn i t :;c t h!.3 o!'"f'ic~ for a :,;upplament;.acy inves1;1zac1on. .Si:1ce ~ely, o / o Illinois Headquarters Selacti,,e Sai"rioe System 405 ~st ~ashh on Street 3prL~1eld, Ill. 62701 ;.t. J t\CXS I:Uormac1on D1V131on ot Info-rmation T'11.s .:;u..,stion11air8 ho~ b-..tn pr~par~d ..>o that you con giv~ th~ U.S. Ait Force os much il'rt:~rm<:~rrol" o s p'=>Hibl ~ -con,;~rning th~ 'Jnid"'nti'fi9d oa r iol ph:tr.OTltHlon }hot you hc11u ol:..s~rva;i, Pho try ~o on-;w,r !:ll rnany qu.ution:i as you possibly con. The informo?ion thot you giva wil l b., .:.>&d for ruaarc!-. puriJO"" Your Ill:''!'" will not he u:tad in c':>nndction whh any :.1:rten~nH c o l')du1 ion$, ')r public:ationl withou~ y out pcmnis!iion. w, r~que~t th ia p.,r3onol In formal' ion tiC th\lt i i t i s d""'d neca:uory, wa may contact you for Further d d'tall.s. 1. Wh'tn d id y ou th a object? (Circls One): 3. T!mct Zontt: ( Circ:la On-!!): a , Eoll..,rn c:. Moa, n! in (Circl~ Ona): ~. Doyliuht Sudno) b. Standard City o r I o..., n 5. How long WOJ obt<:t In sight? (Toto' Ourotlo11) b . F oi r ly certain c:. Not Y!try sure ',( !, Just o gueu) Srota ~t C oJotf ~ 5.'2 ~Vo'l o b; .. c r ., s isht continuously? 1 l.. ~'rho~ wo:s th~ c-,nd.tion of th., ~!<y? a . origh t ( o . Bright)-LJ~'.<~n 7. 1:= y ov !'OW ~h8 ob j,ct duri,,g DAYLIGHT, wh"!tr~ WO'J th~ SUN locot~d o.s you lookd c t th~ o~il"ct? (Cird-, oj')..,): a. fn fron~ of you b. In bn<:k of yCtJ d . T o y our J..,ft f. D on: t r ... Hn!tmber S, If y ou .w~ thA ohj!tct o l NlCHT, whot di d ye~ netic~ ~UlCJmltl~ ih't STARS or>.:l ,\,\OC.N? H. I STA S (Cird~ Ontt): CLOUDS ( Cirei One): c . Seal tr.O ~ I oud '' 8.2 i'.\OON (Circ:l'!J o~): Cl, Btirjlt ,,,()()(II i!)h1 b. Dull mAlli~nt c . N~ Ml)oolir)lt --?]'}t~, J cr'< d. DMr r.,,.,.mber ( b. F,:,g) RH:$Pj oA1VJt;o. I n o e. Mo-<htrota .;;~( havv I'Oin '3. Dont i'611'embttr h. T r ::r~ \OQrs n t d. AJ. l light o. 8rir;ftt .. , b. D irnmer d, oont know (C irdf!ll 0,.): ~. Fuuy bJu,,..d b. L i!<e a hf;r,;h~ .Jtar Snorpl" outli"~ ) D~'t r mb.f 13. Did th obj9r.r: A;r>'fl:lr to 3tond !\t ill a t CJf'h/ time? Jdd .. n ly t1i>'!'~ 'JP end rnh a~cy of any tim"~t~ 8r<o~ Jp in~o ports Of ~-.c?lod? IV't Clfr ~IT!0~11t. Chon~ :jl t rw.-t.J? FJ<J'lh ~ flic r? Oi.Jappeor c;nd rjrJp?"'or ? (C!rd ~ o~ 'ir;.r o och qvdjo, ) D Of'!. t I; !'I O'!lt Dt"n l ~ ~(~OW D:in"1 f,n o '!It M t :cntJw u l -<now Pe..,.trnam D EJ\RRORN O I:SLR\ ' r\TORY N 0 RT H\'V'EST E R N UNIVERSITY F.V M:stuN, ll L.I~OIS G0101 D.:olers di~playi::g thi~ ~i~n o re Ylell ocyuo:nt.:!J Wl!h tho.:ir a r..:m <Jnd Or\. qual!i:cd ro r;i v<: you \Jt.Curale, on tl espcl nf~>, llulio \uch a~ good kCO I p omls of inlt t.'l , , . ,,1 ._,,ncJIiom, and o tltcl ,i:...\lllighluud Park ltt}pc rl .. .