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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7007568

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1951

REPORTED LOCATIONGerald Mo

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, PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wes Balloon
23 Apr 51 Gerald Mo 0D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ; O Possibly Belloon
Lecel & Ground-Vi sual D Ground-Rodor . Rakehin lives oft
ony. 25/2508 _ 0 Air Vi sual D Air-Intercept Radar | 9 Possibly Aircroft
5. 7... ne 6. SOURCE 0 Wes Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
2 No Ciwilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION _ 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (X orher_ A/C contrails _
a] oe emetigag Date for Evoluction
oO
Not given 1 Not Given 5
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Color was white trail. Object was bright &
shinning. Trail was estimated at 2 miles
in lenght.

Evaluated as a/c contrails.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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EEE ——

HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY

1860 EAST HYDE PARK BOULEVARD eee
CHICAGO 15. ILLINOIS

ALFGB=-I 452.4 7 May 1952

SUBJECT: Unoonventienal Airoraft

TO : A-2
Wright-Pattersm Air Foroe Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTW: MOI AY YO

le Attached hereto is letter from Qegmmes, Gerald,
Missouri, re wconventional aircraft.

2- This headquarters doses not contemplate conducting om investi-
gation on the matter.

DJ. Gaguan—~

1 Inol §t INNZS RANDOLPH
ltr fr ReaAe Edmonson Colonel, GSC
dtd 23 Apr 51 Ac of S, G=2

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THE GERALD JOURNAL
EDWIN H. VEMMER, Owner Gerald, Mo. ROBERT A, EDMONSON, Editor

April 23, 1951

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ste. Louis, }f0-

“entlenen,

“Yr. SY an elderly retired faraer who lives just east of
this town, has asked that we report for him an unusual object seen in
the sky this morning between 8:50 and 9 ae.

lie described to us an object, bright and shining, which moved slowly
across the sky fron south to north leaving a trail of white behind it.
He is unable to estimate altitude of the object or its speed but esti-
mates that the trail was about two miles in lengbh. From his description,

we fisure that the object, whatever it was, left a contrail which slowly
Gissinatede

lis main concern was that the phenomena be reported to some authorities.
We are oblizing b. means of this letter.

‘ire Leanbdert does not have the reputation with us as being a publicity
seeker and we have a terdencv to beleive that ne DIL see something.

The only thing that gives us cause to wonder is his report to us last
week, Tuesday morning, that he saw what he thought was a meteor or comet
that streaked across the sky to the north of this town from east to west.
Ye've heard of no one else in this community who has seen cither of kkEx

these mysterious objects so we leave it to you people to decide for
-o.rselves as to ths veracity of these sightings.

Ll

Could it be that there 13 something to this flyins saucer business?

Yours very truly,

The Cerald Journal

(CA Chimera