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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 12 Sep 63 | 2. LOCATION | Bloomington, Illinois | 12. CONCLUSIONS | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 12/0730-0800Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft | ☐ Was Astronomical Jupiter ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | civilian | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown |   |
|  7. LENGT…

12 Sept
1 OCT 1963

HEADQUARTERS
CHANUTE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER (ATC)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: OP-SD

SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Flying Object

TO: AFSC (FTD)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

The following report is submitted for your information and necessary action. Due to the delay in the actual reporting of the UFO, the report is submitted in letter form in accordance with paragraphs 13 and 14, AFR 200-2, 20 July 62.

a. Description of object.
(1) Round
(2) Baseball
(3) White
(4) One
(5) N/A
(6) N/A
(7) N/A
(8) N/A
(9) N/A

b. Descripti…

(6) Visible for half hour. Later visible for 15 minutes.

c. Manner of observation
(1) Ground-visual
(2) No opticle aids used.
(3) N/A

d. Time and date of sighting
(1) 0730Z-0800Z, 12 Sept 63; 1020Z-1025Z, 12 Sept 63
(2) Night

e. Location of observer. Bloomington, Illinois, eight blocks SW of courthouse.

f. Identifying information of observer
(1) Mrs. [redacted], 29 years old; [redacted], Bloomington, Illinois. Housewife's reliability estimated as very good.
(2) N/A

g. Weather and Winds - aloft conditions at time and place of sighting.
(1) Calm and cloudy with some lightning toward West.
(…

(6) At 0800Z, temperature and dew point were identical at 66, possibly causing some light refraction. There was frequent lightning in the clouds. Distant lightning in the South at 0900Z.

(7) From ground to 30,000 ft. - +10
30,000 ft to 40,000 ft. - +5
40,000 ft. - -5

h. See li.

i. N/A

j. N/A

k. John G. Mullin, 2nd Lt., USAF, Commander, Hq Sq Sec, 3345th Civil Engineering Group, Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois.

l. In Lt Mullin's opinion, the object seen by the observer was the planet Jupiter. According to the Air Almanac, Jupiter followed a course from South to Southwest on 12 Sept betwe…