PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785485

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONLiberty Missouri

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

1. DATE

1 April 1956
3. DATE-TIME GROUP

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cm7T_02/0145Z

5. PHOTO

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

15-20 minutes

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING _
1,500 objects near Venus, Witness
thought them to be 50-100 miles from
Venus, Every time he looks at Venus
there are little lights around the
planet. One big saucer was station-
ary for 15-20 minutes, White with
blue tinge, Round,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

Sa 8 Bir wees | tps, 28

12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wes Bolloon
_Liberty, Missouri OD Probsbly Belleon
| 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |Q Possibly Balloon
O Was Aircraft
aenreS ‘escope O Ground-Redor lo Probably Aircroft
D Air Vi sual © Air-intercept Radar |9 Possibly Aircroft
© Was Astronomical
|Q Probably Astronomical
ivilian O Possibly Astronomical
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE | KIX, Othe
0D Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown
__1,500 NW ~ ee eh
11. COMMENTS

Amazing estimate of size and
distance. Anything 100' in
diameter on Venus could not

be resolved through small TX,
Witness 14 years old, Unreliable
rpt,.

100 feet in diameter,

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Liberty, Missouri
Dear Wesley:

Thank you for the report of your
Unidentified Flying Object sighting. I am
forwarding it to our Air Technical Intelli-
gence Center for further investigation and
evaluation.

I regret that we have no pictures
available as you requested,

Sincerely,

TIMOTHY R. JOHNSON
Lt Colonel, USAF /
Directorate of Intelligence

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_LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: Se 0 arate
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NAME, AGE, MAZLING ADDRESS OF OBSERVERS ————a

REMARKS 3 ‘(General desceiption of what you Bove rues back: af necessary)

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