PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6308846

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1951

REPORTED LOCATIONKansas City Mo

FRAMES4

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.. PROJECT 10073 CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
7 Dec 1951 Kansas City, Mo 0 Was Bolloon
0 Probobly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balioon
14121 Was Aicraft i
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Probably Aircraft
C77 2012Z o Possibly Aircraft
GMT 0 Air Visuol Air-Interenpt Rader
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes DO Probably Astronomicol
No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION B. NUMBER URSE B Othor_ INSUFFICIRNT_DATA
0O Insufficient Data for Evoluation
Unknown
1 minute 1
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data.
10,000 ft. Cbserved object moving NW at
alt higher th Cbject in sight one
minute, transparent, gavc off mettalic sheon.
Winds from SW I to NE, 70 knots. Report in

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plied by Cpl. Frank Gibson, jr. sibly be traveling from south.
1533 Elmwood avenu em- east to northwest.
ber of the police department A little later, an independent
seventeen years. inquiry was made of J. R.
Perfectly round, with an inner Lloyd, the meteorologist in
core resembling the fuselage of charge of the weather burcau.
a small airplane equipped with Mr. Iloyd was unaware that
tapered and extremely stubby Corporal Gibson had called the
wings. bureau. Mr. Lloyd was mighty!
Corporal Gibson said he saw interested in learning about it,
the thing at precisely 2:12 however.
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He "If that fellow (Gibson) was
was just opening the garage even half
door preparatory to driving way right about the
away on an errand altitude, it couldn't have been a
looked skyward and saw a B-36 balloon." Mr. Lloyd said. "Al
plane traveling southwest at an 2:12 o'clock the winds at 10.c00
altitude of about 10,ooo fcet. to 12,Oo0 feet were blowing from
Traveling northwest, perhaps southwest northeast." Inci.
at an altitude slightly higher dentally, if it makes any differ.
than the plane, was the thing. ence, a balloon at that altitude
Corporal Gibson watched it for -and at that timewould be
perhaps a minute before it dis- hoisted along at about seventy
appeared. It was rather trans- miles an hour."
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ROUTING COMMUNICATIONG CONTER NO.
JOINT MESSAGEFORM
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UNCL
SPACE ABOVE FOR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER ONLY OOKEONS
FROM: (Originator) DATE-TIME GROUP SECURITY
11441051
60, ATTO PRECEDENCE ACTION Routino INFORMATION
FOR:
TO: CotmealLne Goneral
Contrl Ar Dofonme Foroo D BOOK MESSAGE 13 ORIGINAL MESSAGE
Kanaas Gloy, Miooouri CRYPTOPRSCAUTION
RADEOTR D ULTIPLE ADDRESS Yes NO
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IDENTIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
INFO:
RADNORE
For Mreotor or
S 1951.
In roply
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YLAR INIINVALS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 1& YEAIS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
513-132564
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SYMBOL OFFICIAL TITLE
ATLM-2O Asst Alr Aljutant Goncral
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ALTT TUDE: Unknow
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HEADING : NW
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ACTION OR COMENTS: Fending .
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