Project 10073 Record Card — Des Plaines, Illinois, September 17, 1962

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported by a 56-year-old printing consultant in Des Plaines, Illinois, on September 17, 1962. The witness reported observing a yellow-white, saucer-shaped object with a bubble on top traveling at an estimated speed of 600-700 mph in an East to West-Northwest direction. The sighting lasted approximately 4 minutes and 30 seconds. The witness, who was in his garage getting ice cubes, called his son, Robert Jr., to observe the object. His wife, Margaret, also attempted to assist by locating binoculars. The witness noted that the object lacked running lights and did not resemble any known aircraft. He subsequently wrote to the Pentagon on April 17, 1962, and again submitted this formal questionnaire on September 24, 1962, expressing his belief that the object was a U.F.O. and not a conventional aircraft. The Air Force evaluation recorded on the card concludes that there was 'nothing conflicting with a/c evaluation,' effectively categorizing the sighting as an aircraft. The file includes detailed sketches provided by the witness, showing the object's shape and its path across the sky, as well as the witness's personal assessment that the object was not a plane, meteor, or temperature inversion.