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REPORT OF SIGHTING OF UNKNO N FLYING OBJECT NEAR OANVILLE,W
ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 6, 1957,
NFORMATION CONCERNING.
CHIEF
ALTER A. EICHEN, ILLlfOI
STATE POLICE, REPORTED THAT
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ISP OFFICERS CALVIN SHO\ERS AND JOHN MATULIS, DISTRICT TEN,
REPORTED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 PM, NOVEMBER 7, 1957, SIGHTING
ABRIGHT WHITE LIGHT FLYING THROUGH THE AIR IN ASOUTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION FROM DANVILLE, ILLINOIS. OFFICERS TRIED TO FOLLOW
IN THEIR CAR IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND DROVE GENERALLY IN A
SOUTH~ESTERLY DIR CTION FOR TWENTY MILES
EN THEY LOST SIGHT
OF THE OBJECT.
DURING THIS Tl E IT APPEARED AS BRIGHT WHITE,
AMBER AND ORANGE.
NO INDICATION THAT IT DIPPED TO THE GROUND
OR THAT IT AFFECTED THEIR CAR .
THEY REPORTED FOR AFE
SECONDS
IT SEEMED TO AFFECT BOTH THE RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER OF THEIR
FM TWO- AY RADIO,
REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
\IN~UIRED THIS OFFICE O CERNING, NO COM1 ENT A MADE .
ABOVE
BEING FURNISHED FOR INFOR, ATIO~ BUREAU.
RECORDED·
RECEIVED:
11:49 AM RADIO
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If the intelli~ence -:ontained in the above message is to be di.sseminated outaidtt the Bureau, it i& sugguted that it be &uitably
paraphrased m order to p,,>tect the Bureau's cryptographic systems.