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Inc 131 RESTRICTED Probably true CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 20 June 1948 2. Time 2230 3. Location Belleville, Illinois 4. Name of observer Lt Col Wm T. Hull 5. Occupation of observer Pilot, Supervisor of Flying Trng Scott AF Base 6. Address of observer Scott AF Base, Belleville, Illinois 7. Place of observation (?) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude Undetermined but below 6,000 ft 12. Speed Approx 500 MPH 13. Direction of flight 295° S of Base then 340° upon reaching south end of Scott AF Base 14. Tactics Zigzag course 15. Sound None 16. Size Six or eight inches in diameter 17. Color White light 18. Shape Approx round 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Complete overcast at 6,000 ft 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks No aircraft flying in the vicinity of Scott AF Base at the time light was sighted 27. Disappearance: N/S RESTRICTED 63