PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. DATE - TIME GROUP
17 iny 53

wast St Louis, Dilinois

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

The length anc tim: of sicht&ng was not roparted.
11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

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6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

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UNIDENTIFIED OBJ OBSERVED OVER EAST ST LOUIS 1937 TO PYPPP YRS CST
17 MAY 53 PD ALUMINUM DISK SHEPED ORD W/DAPY EDGE AND SLIGHT DOME

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TVELY CMA RECORDED DSRING PD OF SIGHTING PD NO IDENTIFICATION

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‘ APIC nee received your YLTOBRFT referring to single uimow odject sighting unde
om 17 Hay, 1930 bre CST over St, Louts. Request AP Form 112 be forwarded as per
XL 200-55 ATIC veulA Like to point out that the original TWX does not comply with
AVL 200-5 and represents tasufficient data for evaluation.

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Neg GC 30BE, Hq 3310th Tech Ing Viz, Soott AFB, Illinois, 19 lay 1953

SUMMARY: (onder concioe pummery of report. Give significence in final one-senience paragraph. List incleeures at lower left. Begin tect of report om AF Form 11#—Pert 11) _

A single unidentified, uncorventional flying object was csishted and observed
ae Age 1,, CC, Azo 12, NEI, Sco 12 ons
tse 13. ‘The object sas described, by the boys, to iis. eget Tine | noe

Street, “ast St. Louis, Illinois, who notified this office of the sighting.

The object was desoribed as being aluminum oolored and disk shaped with a
slightly raised dome on the top side. It appeared to have a dark almost black odge
with silent exhausts on the underside both emitting smoke. ‘the object apoeared from

the north approaching observers, hovored 2 few seconds, dipped toward observers and
disappeared with great speed to the se Object appeared larsor than conventional
A/s frequently observed in this arsa. Althouch sigy vas cloudy object appuared in
a clear space between cloud formation.

Severe thunder storms were recorded in area of sighting preceeding and following
Sighting. Soattered clouds at 3900" ond 0000" with winds from 5.i. at tuenty knots
and "39 at 45 knots respectively.

Intellisence and operations of the 65th Fichter Interceptor Squadron, Scott Air
Force Jase received no reports of unidentified A/C or uncomveontioral objects and
took no identification action during reported period.

A negative report has been received from the 796th acai Squadron in reference
to unidentified A/C or unconventiunal flying objects.

The age and experience of the observors royorting this cigsting has been
considered although no definite conolusions oan be arrived at by this. office.

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Ving Intelligence Orriser

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Chief Air Technical Intelligerce Center, AlINs AtLu2c, ‘right Satterson i275, Caio

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Commanding General, Vechnical training Air Force, Gulfport, iississippi
Commanding Gereral, ir Training Command, Scott Air Voroe Pasa, Illinois

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