PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971053

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONKansas City Missouri

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
21 December l957 Kansas City, Missouri 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local~ Ground-Visual Greund-Radar Was Aircraft
Probably Airereft
GMT. 22/0310z AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
XONo XONo Civilian Civilian Possibly Astronomical Passibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMS OBJECTS JECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
Xx CX Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data for Evaluation aluation
10 minutes unknown Unknown
one
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object round, size One object round, size dime, changed lime, changed Due to lack of information in Due to lack of information in
colors from red colors from red to green blue, obj blue, obj report this will have to be the report this will have to be the
faded fm sight. insufficient data class.
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1.A 05152
Plld MORNING
'Witw P/0 1a
WIlL
CS -
RE015
SQA007 YMBO06KFA013KFGO11
0O RJEDDN RJEDUP RJEPHQ
DE RJEDKF 1G 1422
0 220405
FM COC 20TH AIR DIV 3
TO RJEDDNJXCOMDR ADC
RJEDWP/CONDR AIR TECH INTELL CEN
RJEPHQ/DI HEAD USAF HO USAF
BT BT
CC 12-087 22. 70405Z UFOB
1. (A) CARGE ROUND
(B) DIME
(OX CHANGE COLORS FROM RED (OX CHANGE COLORS FROM RE GREEL TO BLUE
(D) 1
(E) NEGATIVE
(F) NEGATIVE
(G) NEGATIVE
(H) NEGATIVE
(I) NEGATIVE

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PAGE 1 TMO RJEDKF, 1G
2. (A) BRIGHT LIGHT
.
120914, i-TION
(C) NEGATIVE
(D) NEGATIVE
(E) FADE FROM VISION OF NAKED EYE
INSOF1EO.
(F)(1QMINUTES
3. (A) GROUND-VISUAL
(E) NEGATIVE
(C) NEGATIVE
4(A) 22/03102 30310-6=2110
-
(B)IGHT
5. (A) UNKNOWN( (
(A) CIVILIAN (A) CIVILIAN- KANSAS CITY, MO. KANSAS TY, MO.
- -
7. (A) GOOD
(B) 220DEG-21 AT r 6,000 r s,000
210DEG-24 AT 10,000 -
270DEG-20 AT 15,PP
230DEG-30 AT 20,000
290DEG-43 AT 30,000) 290DEG-43
280DEG-55 AT 50,000
PAGE THREE RJEDKF 1G
270DEG-23 AT I 80,000
(C) 0
(D) 15 MILES
(3) CLEAR

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(F) NEGATIVE
8 NEGATIVE
9 NEGATIVE
10. MRS
20TH AIR CONTROL CENTER
11. DUT" C
12. NEGATIVE 12. NEGATIVE
BT
22/0430Z DEC RJEDKF