302530115.pdf

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 14 Aug 63  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | Niles, Illinois  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 1935 ON 15/0235Z  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Redor ☐ Air-Intercept Redor  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☐ No  |
|  6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8 min  |
|  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | Westerly  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Sight in Western sky shaped like a drop of water tilted at 30 deg angle. Obj at 40 deg elevation in flight descending went behind cloud and reappeared below. Ap…

Niles, Illinois 60648
August 15, 1963

Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center
Project Blue-Book
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Dear Sirs:

On the evening of Wednesday, August 14 my grandparents, my mother, and I were driving west on Dempster Street in Morton Grove, Illinois. At 7:53 p.m. we sighted a strange looking light in the western sky; it was shaped like a drop of water tilted about 30 degrees below the horizontal, facing south. It was about 40 degrees above the horizon. As we watched, it lost altitude, went behind a cumulus cloud, and emerged below it. At this time it appeared …