March 6, 1967 - Galesburg-Moline [?], IL (BBU 11460)
4:25 a.m. Knox County, Illinois, Deputy Sheriff Frank Courson sees an object shaped like a rubber cup placed under a furniture leg, with a dome set in the cup, bottom spinning rapidly, rim pulsating red, which approaches and passes overhead at low altitude, making a hissing sound. Moline Policeman Bill Fisher takes a film of the object near Sacred Heart Catholic School in Moline. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Dorothy Buresh, “Is Something Up There? Moline Policeman Takes Movies of ‘Boxcar’ in Sky,” Moline (Ill.) Dispatch, March 10, 1967, pp. 1, 3;
“UFO Riddle Solves? Find Balloon”, Davenport (Ia.) Times-Democrat, March 10, 1967, pp. 1, 5;
“‘Big UFO, Followed by Smaller Blue One,’” Moline (Ill.) Dispatch, March 11, 1967, pp. 1, 5;
“Air Force Officers See Q-C UFO Film”, Davenport (Iowa) Times-Democrat, March 11, 1967, p. 1;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1725, p. 323;
Galesburg, Moline, Illinois, 03/06/1967 – 03/09/1967 (Local Identifier: 341-PBB-757)
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/61950
“Galesburg, Moline, Illinois, 03/06/1967 - 03/09/1967,” US National Archives Youtube channel, October 24, 2013;
This case has a big 94pg folder in the Blue Book files including an investigation report, more newsclips. Looks like they spent some time on this one.
There were two other cases from this day in Illinois that may or may not be related. They share some of the same details. I have zipped those up as well to share:
1967.03.06 - 9734911 - Kilborne, Illinois
1967.03.06- 9735063 - Mount Prospect, Illinois