USAF record 28954698
28954698
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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 31 May 53 21/08'02
2. LOCATION Burlington, Wisconsin
3. SOURCE Civilian
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 Hours
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
7. COURSE South
8. PHOTOS □ Yes [HW: No]
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE □ Yes [HW: No]
10. CONCLUSION Astronomical (VMS) Project personnel (2nd classed and contract astronomer) made a 2-hour trip to the sighting area on 17 Jun 53. From interrogation it was discovered object very closely paralleled course of Venus on.
II. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS A brilliant white light was sighted by 11 people in Burlington on Monroe, Wisconsin. Object appeared low in the eastern sky and rose to approx 80 deg elevation before disappearing. Reported by some to be traveling extremely fast and lighting up landscape.
FORM FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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- Page 1 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 31 May 53 21/08'02 2. LOCATION Burlington, Wisconsin 3. SOURCE Civilian 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 Hours 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 7. COURSE…
- Page 2 UNCLASSIFIED Darlington, Wisconsin 31 May 1953 I. DESCRIPTION Between 0320 CST and 1130 CST on 31 May 1953, eleven persons in the Darlington-Norrie area in Wisconsin sighted an unidentified aerial…
- Page 3 UNCLASSIFIED SECRET SKII N 0 5 10 15 20 MADISON DARLINGTON O HONOR OBJECT XR VENUS CHICAGO III. CONCLUSION Was Venus. 753--7362 UNCLASSIFIED 9 753-7362 STAMP: UNCLASSIFIED SECRET
- Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED Date: 31 May 53 L.C.T.: 03h30 - 1005C Location: Monroe, Wisc. Data: GHL Filter Center Remarks: 1. [REDACTED], "astronomer," not listed in American Men of Science. 2. Anyone with only a…
- Page 5 UNCLASSIFIED Special Action Report from Chicago Filter Center 1 June 1953 31 May 1953 3:43 AM CST Monroes, Wisconsin Object sighted - Bright white Light - no glare Direction of Object - Going east of…
- Page 6 UNCLASSIFIED NOTES FROM ORIGINAL PHONE CALL TO CHICAGO FILTER CENTER, 1 JUNE 1953, 1600E. JRO Talked to Lt. Walters, USAF, Operations Officer, CHI. :: bright star haazy clouds still a silver speck…
- Page 7 DETACHMENT 9 4671ST GROUND OBSERVER SQUADRON 1120 North Irwin Avenue, Green Bay, Wisconsin 2 June 1953 Mr. J. Allen Hynek Director, Emerson McMillan Observatory Ohio State University Columbus 10,…
- Page 8 WASHBURN OBSERVATORY UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON, WISCONSIN June 6, 1953 Miss Jonnie R. Gluck Meteoritics Research Emerson McCullin Observatory Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Dear Miss…
- Page 9 8 June 1953 lst Lt. Robert Olson AFSC Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton, Ohio Dear Lt. Olson, In connection with the sightings of 21 May in Wisconsin the following phone calls were made for additional…
- Page 10 II. Recently Project Blue Book sent five of its best unsolved 1953 sightings to Dr. H. P. Robinson, California Institute of Technology, for his review and comment. The sightings included Luke AFB,…