PROJECT 10073 RECORD l 1. oA TE 'TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION Ill::.nois r:$0Uf:CE 10. CONCLUSION (AIHCAAFT/with advertising sign) Nlii!BER OF OBJECTS LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11 BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8. PttOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SEP 63 O-J29 (TOf.) Pt.,lou edit!"" ol lhl lorm ..,., )e uaed , T!ZTIUb~ ( I ~-h I Maj ~intanilJa 70W UFO Observation, 16 or 17 June 1967 l~nee]ing, . Illinois 6oo90 Tbe Aerial Phenomena Branch is investigating an un1dentir1ed flying object sighting oyer Chicago, Illinois. The -witness described the object as convex on the top and botto~ ~ith s (iuared ott ends and glowing 11 k.e a neon sign. The sighti.!lg occurred at approx1mate1y 10:45 pm on either 16 or 17 June. Information on 'Jhether any oi' your planes vere :flying in t be Chicago area on either or these dates, or 1 some other adver- tising planes that you knov of, .... ere in the area at the tl~ .rould be helpt'ul in our investigation. The inclosed self-- o.ddressed envelo:9e is for your convenience in reply1Jl6. -1ES C. MANA'rr ~ Colonel~ USAF 1 Atch ~:-ector or Technology and SUbsystems Envelope Cor"-lCJl(:in~; O::.'i'icer .".e:o!J.,cc '(c~:"LI'l.ic.:-1 !!"'".:elli':e:ce Ccptor l ~y De:-. r Sir: Pori1..:-p s :/oU h:v e alrcad:' recei-v'0d lett er;:; o.b :)1t t:ds~ bu t I il:-1d n ot bee n a.ro.re t',"?t t'ee .~a;:; <J.nv 0n:cncr ::ctivcl~r r::a'',"'~"inr: da to on t ':.is "Jheno;~enon, nnti l :;: i'lCP t1oPerl j_ t to ::;c,-::e f('ie~c~ ~ nnd they ~:g:csted. I ~rrite :ron. cnot'~or 12-[;!:t ( o r 1 ::[. t e d c bj ac-e o.r odr~ !:~'a::>e~ t:rc ve l i n g fror SOPth t o nort:l . I loo~:eC. :t it ,ec _:e of j.-:: oca ln .... e , but be ' C rc~ 11:{-fntere::~r--c~ :'1en it renc~".ed a "o5.n t to tl:e nol~tb, r.)V,.Jl'~ o( --r:d tr vcled b c ' : sr"-:il 1 err, ~1-l.c ::~ne ho:ri zortf'l line . It'i ::nnncl .:~!:: no.P-r:-.te to :lou . I u.:1tche d it clo!:ely then, :!nd .., :J it c .... ~,e t o a ~oint ne-r t~ e be. -, f r o:-;1. t'~c ;e: rchl :i.gl.lt tt ~ g.: in "rC"!Cr:-ed in t he Sa:te J"'1~n!"'er north-coeth n o int:.:; ti1:: t it t r 0vcl e d ,;oul d be abont 5-t> C" j t :.r bloci~s fro:-:1 ~JY c;r mmc1 ~"Oint of vieu . Dy thi e time I had ret,civ:.,, : 1:.c corner o-: !:ild-::.r e f':-1 ~.,c-L-er Avenue~, and!.Le;med on t ile but ~t the ::.ni lbox alone I '"her:. ~'lC.( enly the :;e..,rc:'lligh-: bex:: r-s ;dju!:ted so t h::.t its 2!'C :1--,:(;~t:~ s hortened it!J !Jouthern point, a s if to Dvcid the bea:1 but tr~vej_cd b~ c~i: to tr.o no~"the::cn y>oint , c.:-.me o-c~: s o ut h Gnc :, bc.in ::horten e d thi:.:; tine tto:-e th;n the rrev:fou~ tir:e . :3n-: thi r-lD.st t i:-:e it t r:velec! north only a v ery :Jhort dist"'nce, nC~de a sndc of c..rt -3!J~Ji::.'in tablet-th. t i~, tr..c top .:-.nd bo~.::-o:-1 ;:el~e cq_t'nll :r ~li6l1tl~r co!'1ve;:-. Dot~: ends .o:-e ::;cql .... l~cd-of:'. I t!: c olo:-u~!: a uni- forr: 0r ""!"' ;;c- rcd ~lo,,;, not a Jj :;ht, but ~"'ore l:U-:e a .Peon ~i:-:n in the be c'.: anli forth ..., i noin.J.."' I could not es~inate the ~eieht, but it ~res 1rell belo~r the clond ceiling , since t':.e se .. rchlieht ber..!!l pic':ed u~ the clotld:J '.r:1ich uere t;.._.:_n and l;ro1'cn up evenl v (i:::utte:-n:.a:~ ty-e).. It u:os abont 35 on the ho!'izon, nnd 2-?z. to 3 tir1e::: ns long a!:i '.ride ot its center. ':he len~th I - oPlcl o;;t:L:.::'!;e to ce t!."!c lc.n.Eth rf t:1c fu:::elage of ti1e p::-o!Jeller tY':"le r;-~ r,; ::er; ger e.ircr ft. It ~;"'.r: clefinitely not an airpl~ne, ::j.nce it ir:: :; ~lninly vt~i ble to nc. Aircroft at this point tr:vcl rmch higher since ,,,e ere o.t so-:e dintnce from both a::.r:--o:rt::;, U..'~'Hl ~t the ti:.:e of this neculinr st ght, I noticed a fe-.r planeS: .i"'.ic h n0 sr:ed h:.t:;i.'l over:,.e...,d en their ".-rev to 0 ' Eo.re. I apologize fo:-tl:e clelo.~r I ho..d this l-loocl"":.Ti tten in nro"l"'r-~ UD[; ho3~italizec i'cr se-vernl Hoc':::;. I fotmcl t':e :"'l1eno:e~on ;o:::;t :->nc: tining it::: ~one;'ver!: .. " I G r tv ~' IL- Colonel James C. Manatt, USAF Director of Technology and Subsystems Department of the Air Force V. heeling, October 7, Headquart ers Foreign Technology Divi s ion (AFSC) \\'right-Patterson Air Force Base, Oh io 45433 ;::;."'"' d to your letter of September 27, 1967 to irport regardi ng an unidentified flying o over Chicago, illinois. I am employed by rv'Ir. and take all incoming t e lephone calls for the Pal-\',aukee port during the hours 11:00 P . M. to 6:00A. M . About 1:00 /\. M. -1:30 A.M. one morning this past summer (I don't recall the date), I received a telephone call from a woman in t he Lake Zurich, illinois a rea. She said that she and her friend had compl e ted their working shift at 11:00 P.M. They observed this lighted object in the sky to the southeast. She said it had t.o be over Pal-Vi aukee or Chicago and asked if we could see it. r could see the o bject she was speaking of and to~d h~r it looked like it was directly over the city of Chicago. I am familiar with aircraft displaying landing light~. The lights are pronounced and the a\rcxaft i s not really visible. From the second floor of the Administration Building at the Pal-\y'aukee Airport, the object looked like it was between 3, 000 to 5, 000 feet directly over the Chicago Loop or to an area one or two miles inland. It had an outline about one and one half times as l a rge as i f looking at an aircraft with light s on. The lights were within the confines of this outline with no glar e . From my position, it had the gl ow of regular light bulb, a warm reddish yellow rather than a whif: negn.-light look. It rPm!:lined i n t he same positic f,or 15 to 30 minutes and being ex a us eo ,:[.again retirr (1/tvJ) i::'t}(ltuiiJC sn 1//l.IJ o2'S~R. I -~i l n~)~ report it as .he woman '/,110 cd.ll~d said she .voult.L in:ts~nucn as ...)ht.! could see it from her area, and I could observe i t as vividly fro1n Pal-\~. aukee, I was positive it could be seen by the 0 ' Hare Tower personnel or some airline ~(_ pilot. tJJu c ld/'f;;J -:Jet -r-fL -J PAL-WAUKEE AIRPORT October 7, 1967 Colonel James C. Manatt, USAF Department of the Air Force Headquarters Foreign Technology Division (AFSC) 'Wright-Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio 45433 Please be advised that our Nite Lite Sign (which is mounted on a Cessna 172) was not in operation in June , 19 67. Very truly yours, GJP :e e u