2. LOCATION 1. OATI l IMI GltOU' Des fJ-ainns, lll inoin J. SOUitC! 10. CONCLUIION C:i. vi 1i .m 1. AJI~C'r'_\FT NUMIIA OP OIJICTS Initi:U.. obj~ct iI'Ob:.!.bly u/c. St.:.~ioni..l.rj-otj..;ct .\.rcturus. On~ R~i1orted ~Ti tns ss notes .Alt-?.i r, Ve:;::..s axl Ant['i r~n ~,.,.~ t f a iJ.s to note S. LINGTH 011 OIIIIVATION 11. lltiiP IUMMAIY AND ANALYSIS 6. TY~I! 0' OISIIVATtON Groun:i - Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDIMCI Sta r t'lovi~ directlj' to t:1e :TeGt. Ve loci t:r a !)p0?.red soJ e1rh, slatre r thn.n ECi10. Slared still ::o~e .~ftcr tu:> hlinutes. T'nc sev e ral !tlnut e s htcr tile object 't./:19 station=:r"J. The objocJv rernL:d ned st:1ti 0!1a~r for 5-7 nint.t es n.t uhich t iLe there t-.r.:.s a series of s:1ort l izl-t, .fk.sht:Js to the South o.f the object. These flJ s~tes ucre ti10 s;,.:._""te ~nilli.'1i1Ce 3.s t,he object a..1d. l o.sted 2- 3 seco-rls. T~13 entir e Gerie s uJ.s [..ocut 5 or 6 t i;-:e ~ c.t IJJ 3a co:1u:t i'l1tcr v.ls . ;r2.tched for ;;n additional 45 irl.nut s ;md nothifl6 h2.p~)encd. I B.tnr s ky tr.::.s :.\crcA.st an d no st ' Borg-Warner Corporation ROY C. I~GERSOLL RESEARCH CENTER WOLF ANO ALGONQUIN R040S. OS PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60018, PHONf Jll 8 }7-313 1 Project Blue Book Information Officer Hq USAF (SAFOI -PB) The Pentagon Waahlnaton 25, D.C. Gentleman: Recently I was witness to an occurrence or phenanenon of some sort which baffled me, but may be of interest to you, as a U.F.O.-type observation. This took place in Elgin, Illinois. On the evening of July 1 at about 10 P.M. while waiting for a friend, I became en- gaged in a little star gazing. The sky was sQnewhat hazy but not obstructed by clouds. As a result, at best, only a thousand or so stars were visible. While en- gaged in this idle business, I happened to detect relative motion between what ap- peared to be two stars of approx~ately average brightness. This was about 10:20 P.M. after a few seconds of closer observation it was quite apparent that one was fixed (a star) and the other was ~oving ~i~ectly. to e.~es~: It's velocity was about the same or perhaps somewhat slower than the echo series of satellites, I had often observed. Its appearance (size and brightness) was also of the same order and I sub3equently assumed 1 had accidentally spotted an orbiting body. This was little unusual so I cont1.nued to watch it. After about two minutes or less it seemed to have slowed considerably in velocity. At first I concluded lt to be because no stars were nearby with which to judge its rate of pro6ress. As a check I noted the object's path to be at right angles with a much faint~r star to the North. After several minutes it was absolutely certain to me that the object was no longer moving, but instead now appeare~ to be just another star in the sky. Needless to say, I was a bit interested in this and con- tinued to wacch. 1 should like to add at this point that I was not staring fixedly at the object, but rather kept scanning the inanediate area to prevent eye strain. illusions. Between 5 - 7 minutes after I had deteratined its motion to have ceased, there occurred a series of short light flashes just to the South of the object. These were of the same brilliance as the object, lasted 2 or 3 seconds, occurred at about forty second intervals and repeated five or six times before ceasing. I watched for an additional quarter hour before having to leave. The object remained ii~.-:J :1.nj !;till z-=tv::; al.l th~ a?pecra o f jt.:~'-r:~l: t:v~r sca.r. Lc.:.r-(..!r ~J~h.!O I :tttc~?i:~ to ::>CI2 if any ch-:111 ~ had occurr~dJ the ~ky had clouded nver and nv s t a .cs were vi~i:,l-2 If you should have received any correlating information on this occurrence, I should appreciate knowing about it. Sorry this letter was not sent off sooner, but vacation, etc., interferred a bit. Borg-Warner Corporation ROY C. INGERSOLL RESEARCH CENTER WOLF ArlO .ALGONQUIN ROADS. OF.S PLAINES. ILLINOIS 60018 Project Blue Book Information Officer Hq. USAF (SAFOI-PB) The Pentagon Washington 25, D.C .