PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7228710

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONSt Louis Missouri

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Bolloon
17 September 1957 St Louis, Missouri 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT 17/1700Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Rodor Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS |6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomicol
No lCivilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other_
nx Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
10 seconds one Circle
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Disc-shaped object, metallic gray, From the description the
estimated to be 100 yards in diameter, object, sound 8
Object was seen traveling nearly paraljel/object jet a/c
to the horizon then made a circle and taking off Lambert Field.
a slight angle toward the south and liowever, total duration was 7
disappeared. seconds, Insufficient data for
evluation.
1
ATIC FORM 26 SEP 52)
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andmeniuv of any conventional airoraft
No vapor trail or exhaust visable
the olj Cbaerver estimated soumd to be that of a
diosel engine at a great distance 0F
Not applicable A IeTACFT.
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(4) Time and date of sighting
() 171700 z
Day
(5) Location of observer: Standing on laddar at weat end of
house approximately 20 feo from the ground and
toward the northwest t. where 15 Hous
(6) 1doueirying inrorns 40100s
(a) Civili Civil years; residing at
St. Louis lissour Vissour Craduate Craduate
studene in Chemis Iniversity. iversity.
(7) Weather and wi
$(() (() Cleer
degrees at 6,00o feet was1 at 6,000 feet was 15 knots, (90) degrees at 15 knots,C0) degrees at
10,000 ) feet was 20 knc feet was 20 kne
was 12 knots
(0) Ceiling -unlimited Ceiling -unlimited
(a) Visability - l0 mi les Vise 30 a0 rdles
No clouds
Negative
(8)
sstronomical,or otherwise.
(9) Observer lc prior to or
aftor sighting oojeot.
2
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para-
graphs, Mr X. Cbserver-Briefer Meteorologist, St. Louis
Weather Bureau stated weather balloon was released from the Lambert
Field Weather Station at Iloo hours) Central s Standard time and that with
the prevailing wind conditlons, it would have drifted eantward toward the
city of St. Louis, and that there was a possibility that this was the
objeot the observer had seon.
Dir OS1 ROY A. LANDE
Comdr, 3310th TTW, Lt Colonel, USAF
Soott FB, I1l. Distriot Comender
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