North Chicago, Illinois cigar-shaped object
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An informant observed a cigar-shaped object with a kerosene lamp-colored glow and bluish-white trail traveling at high speed over North Chicago on July 1, 1950, at 15,000-20,000 feet altitude.
“at 1:00 a.m. July 1, 1950, at North Chicago, Illinois, east intersection of 22nd Street and the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad and Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks, he observed one cigar-shaped object, about five feet in appearance from his viewpoint, traveling from northwestern to southeastern direction at an excessive rate of speed over the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1950-07-01
- Precision
- day
- Location
- North Chicago, Illinois; Great Lakes Naval Training Center
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Illinois
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- Chicago Field Office
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- cigar-shaped; front two-thirds constant glow (kerosene lamp color), rear third dark
- Size
- approximately five feet in appearance from viewpoint
- Altitude
- 17500 ft
- Duration
- 20s
Resolution
Left bluish-white trail about four inches width, three times object length; no wings visible; speed faster than conventional aircraft but slower than falling star; no sound
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5
Case ID: 1950-FBI-040E
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