PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6973192

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONSt Louis Coast Guard Stationaboardacutter

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
St. Louis Coast Guard Statiorox Was Balloon
23 October 1957 aboard a cutter o Probably Balloon /
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Possibly Balloon
Lecal 1700 BGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
Binoculars 000 Probably Aireraft
GMT 23/2300Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aireraft
S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Ys 000 Probably Astronomical
XNo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
10 minutes one N to S
11. COMMENTS
A round silver object the size of a The description of object fits a
basketball at arm's length was balloon which was probably launched
observed moving with the wind. at the Coast Guard Station.
USAF WASHDC
18-332
INTERIM
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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C. 1. GROUND VISUAL
2 BINOCULORS COAST GUARD TYPE 7 BY 50
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D. 1. 2300Z
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E. 1. ST LOUIS COAST GUARD STATION .
ABOARD A CUTTER (POPULAR) 1
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