UFO Photographed in Chicago in 1955

Summary

In 1955, a citizen of Mundelein, Illinois captured an image of an unidentified flying object while playing in a park near Chicago. The witness, along with his brother and others, saw several objects in the sky and took a photo from the roof of a school. The image, which shows only a light without a visible physical object, was sent to the ATIC (Air Technical Intelligence Center) in 1960 for analysis. However, the negative of the photo was lost and the available image is incomplete, cut off and of poor quality. Due to the lack of concrete data, investigators concluded that a definitive evaluation was not possible.

The ATIC requested the witness to provide more information, including the negative and details about the camera used. Despite multiple communications, the negative and a clear description of the event were never received. The photo, although intriguing, did not allow for a clear identification of the object, and the case remained unresolved. This story reflects the difficulty investigators of the time faced in obtaining conclusive evidence in UFO reports, especially when images are of low quality or incomplete.