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1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

26 Jul 55 | Over Kansas City, Kansas
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Nn O Ground. Vi sual ] Ground-Roder
26/ 21342 XX Air Vi sucl O Air-intercept Radar

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aireraft
Probobly Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

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Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

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Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE
1 min

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, white, no sound, contrails or exhaust. | Possible baloon observation.

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SAFEWAY 43 PILOT OF B-47 REPORTED TO OFFSIDE AT 2154Z 26 JULY 55 OF A
VISUAL SIGHTING OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT PD HE STATED OBJECT

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WAS ROUND IN SHAPE CMA WHITE IN COLOR CMA FORMATION OF ONE CMA HEADING
SOUTHWEST CMA LEAVING NO CONTRAILS OR EXHAUST CMA SAFEWAY 45 REPORTED
HIS ANGELS AT 36,@¢6 CMA AND SPEED BETTER THAN 58% KTS CMA AND SAID
OBJECT WAS 32,962 ABOVE HIM CAM AND ESTIMATED SPEED OF 880 KTS FASTER S|
THAN SAFEWAY 45 ON A RECIPROCAL COURSE PD SAFEWAY 45 HAD VISUAL CONTACT

FOR APPROX ONE MINUTE WHEN HE WAS OVER KANSAS CITY PD HE ESTIMATED

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| OBJECT TO BE GUST OUT OF OKC AT THE TIME HE CALLED OFFSIDE PD ,
ELECTRONIC CONTACT OF OBJECT COULD NOT BL MADE BY THIS STATION CMA
SAFEWAY 435 WAS ON A NORTHEASTERLY HEADING AT TIME OF SIGHTING PD LIGHT |
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1. DATE

2. LOCATION ; 12. CONCLUSIONS

© Was Balloon
26 July 1955 Over Kansas City, Kansas O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
; O Was Aircraft
Loco! O Ground- Vi sual © Ground-Rader JQ Probably Aircraft t r
GMT 5 } X Air Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircroft |
5. PHDTOS 9» SOURCE © Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
Ne 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ss, ae
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Approximately one (1) minut One (1) SW

(0, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Due to the lack of information on the
One (1), round, white object, leaving no con-| original report an ATIC Form 16) has
trails or exhaust appeared to be at an altitude been sent to the observer. A check
of approximately 66,000 feet and heading SW was made with COC Weather for possible
at a speed estimated to be 1,300 knots. balloon activity in the area and a chec
This object was sighted from a B-l7 type a/e | of wirds at the time of the sighting,
which wos headed NE. No radar contact could both with negative results, Upon re-
be made with the object by ground radar, ccipt of the 16) sent to the source,

| this headquarters will inform ATIC of
the conclusions drawn..

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