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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP 9 May 64 10/0423Z | 2. LOCATION Chicago, Illinois  |
| --- | --- |
|  3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION ~~UNIDENTIFIED~~ ~~Evaluated as an after image effect by JAH~~  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Three  |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 Seconds | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS See Case File  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual  |   |
|  7. COURSE West  |   |
|  8. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No  |   |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ☐ Yes ☑ No  |   |

FORM<br/>FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

May 11, 1964

Unit for Investigation of UFOs
(Unidentified Flying Objects)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Gentlemen:

I believe I am addressing this letter to the proper air base but do not know how to route it by organization. May I request it be directed to the unit responsible for investigating so-called UFOs.

I am similarly contacting the Chicago Adler Planetarium, Chicago Tribune Newspaper and Sky & Telescope Magazine, Cambridge, Mass.

Phenomenon Observed

Date: May 9, 1964; Time: 11:23 p.m. Central Daylight Saving Time; Place: South-western Chicago, Illinois; Visibil…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60604

Unit for Investigation of UFOs
/ Unidentified Flying Objects /
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

9 May 64
Chicago, Ill.

24 Jun 64

Dr J Allen Hynek
Dearborn Observatory
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Dear Allen,

I am returning the letter from Isabell Davis to you. We have forwarded a copy of the 9 May 64, Chicago sighting per your suggestion. Also, attached is the 9 May sighting from Chicago. The 26 May Cambridge, Mass sighting from Mr Paul Wankowicz is attached. We have no evaluation on these at present and would appreciate your analysis at your earliest convenience in order that we may be able to reply to the observers.

Sincerely,

DAVID N MOODY
TSGT, USAF

(Leo)

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HEADQUARTERS
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

TDEW

UFO Sighting (9 May 64, Chicago, Illinois) 17 Jun 64

Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Gaiser)
Wash D C 20330

1. We have received a report of an unidentified flying object sighting by Mr. [redacted], Room 204, Chicago, Illinois, 60604.

2. This report is being forwarded to Doctor J Allen Hynek, Air Force consultant to Project Blue Book, due to the astronomical nature. At present we are unable to determine what Mr Betz has observed. It is requested that he be informed of…

July 22, 1964

Dear Mr. [illegible]:

This is in reference to a report of an unidentified flying object you forwarded to the Air Force.

Due to the astronomical nature of your report, it is being forwarded to Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Chief of the Astronomy Department at Northwestern University and Air Force consultant on the UFO program. You will be advised in the near future concerning Dr. Hynek's evaluation of this report.

Sincerely,

MASTON M. JACKS
Major, USAF
Public Information Division
Office of Information

Mr. [illegible]
Mr. [illegible]
Mr. [illegible]
Chicago, Illinois 60604

14 November 1964

Chicago, Illinois
Dear Mr. [redacted]:

I have pondered quite a bit about the sighting you made last May 9, and I would very much like to find some reasonable explanation for it. I can appreciate that it must have been a very puzzling and even unnerving experience for you, but that should not blind us to looking for a simple but perhaps unusual explanation. I'm sure that neither you nor I would call for any extra-terrestrial explanation unless everything else absolutely failed, and even then I would find it hard to believe that spaceships came in the form of greenish crescent…