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UFO case file · UFO-32253

Arlington Heights reported light formation observation — September 1962

CE1United States1962-09-01

Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

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Case description

On or during September 1962, at or near Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States, the source reports the following sequence: Circled, hovered, disappeared at high rate of speed. After the flying object had ascended it floated or drifted much faster than it had when first sighted. It could not have been see by anybody other than person living along our alley until it seemed &the sudden burst which allowed it to rise above the shield floor, after it left our alley. When I looked at the clock after the object was out of sight it was 9:40 four minutes, and passed. This lasted a while and then disappeared. It was about a half hour later before we saw any airplanes and they were sleeping very high and at a distance. The local police reported no airplanes enroute at the time we called about the mysterious vapor. [Simple line drawing of a cross with radiating lines extending outward from the intersection point, positioned in the left margin of the text] NNNNNE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE AF IN: 19659 (26 Sep 6p)N INCOMING Pg 1 of 2 ACTION: CIN-17 INFO : OOP-2, OOP-OP-1, SAPS-3, DIA-10, DIA(OIIO)-3 (37) SMB C 180 ZCH@3637ZCVJE925 PP RUEAHO ZNR ZDK PP RUEAHQ RUCDSO DE RUCDAH 29 ZNR P 261500Z FM CHADS TRUAX FLD WISC TO ZEN/30TH ADIV TRUAX FLD WISC RUMGAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUCDSO/AFSC FOREGIN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEAHO/HOS USAF AFCIN WASH DC RUEAHO/SAFOI WASH DC BT UNCLAS FROM CHOIN 06-62. 15-20 DEGREES (300YDS) (3) 1530, 15-22 DEGREES (4) CIRCLED AND THEN HOVERED (5) WENT OUT OF SIGHT AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED (6) 3-4 MINUTES C. (1) VISUAL D. (1) 26/03252 (2) NIGHT. Air Force as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Where were you when you saw the object? IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object? (Circle One): a.

Recorded details

Craft description
Light Formation
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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