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DATE OF INFO 22 FEB 1945

LOCATION Chicago, Ill.

SOURCE Civilian

DATE IN TO ATTC

COLOR Blue with Reddish Orange

STEP Nose

STEP Nose

AIRCRAFT CONTACT

LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED Less than 2 min

TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground

MANAGERS

PHOTOS SKETCHES (1)

Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

Astro (meteor)

MCIAXS MCIAXS/GWT/amc

Mr.
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Mr.

Receipt of your letter, dated 25 May 1949, is respectfully acknowledged by this Headquarters.

Your contribution has been made a matter of record and is being incorporated into our present study of unidentified aerial phenomena.

Your action in writing this Headquarters regarding this matter is appreciated.

Sincerely yours,

A. J. HEMSTREET, JR.
Lt Colonel, USAF
Acting Chief, Analysis Division
Intelligence Department

7-3712-15

LEGRAM RECEIVED FROM
Chicago, Ill.
May 25th 1949

Gentleman:-

On Monday, February 28th 1949 at 6:11 a clear sky I saw a large cylinder shaped ship come out of the East on a due Westerly course, the angle of elevation about 30 to 35 degrees and from 12 to 15 miles distant a passing point. Before reaching this point it gave off exhaust for about 22 seconds Gas Blue in color, flecked with red to orange dart from the entire rear end that was conical in shape extending about one half the length of the ship then rolling off in Steam Gray balls. For size I would say it was larger than Gray Zeppelin …

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|  DATE | LOCATION | OBSERVER | EVALUATION  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  March-May | Fort Worth, Texas | Multiple | INSUFFICIENT DATA  |
|  March | Dumont, New Jersey | Multiple | INSUFFICIENT DATA  |
|  2 | Los Alamos, New Mexico |  | Astro (METEOR)  |
|  3 | Los Alamos, New Mexico |  | Astro (METEOR)  |
|  4 | Red Bank, New Jersey |  | AIRCRAFT  |
|  6 | Killeen Base, Camp Hood, Texas | Multiple | Astro (METEOR)  |
|  7 | Window Rock, Arizona |  | Astro (METEOR)  |
|  7 | Killeen Base, Camp Hood, Texas | Multiple | Astro (METEOR)  |
|  7 | Vermillion, Ohio |  |…