DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8869046
DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1958
REPORTED LOCATION2Mi NOf Collins Missouri
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

Size of volley bali.

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12. CONCLUSIONS

© Wes Belloon
Y ‘ iv -10 Prebebly Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4% TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belleon
O Was Aircraft
Leceal EMGroun d- Vi sual O Ground-Reder G Probebly Aircraft
omt__13/11382Z O Air Vi suol © Air-Intercept Rader |2 Possibly Aircraft
5. ‘PHOTOS OURCE XK Was Astronomicel.ic LCor
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XIX Ne aD] “ O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Sf
© Insufficient Dete for Evaluction
O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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of sighting, and apparent
speed all point toward this
obj being a meteor,

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- 442ND TROOP CARRIER WING RICHARDS

GEBAUR AFB MISSOURI PILOT

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CARRIER WING RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB

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CLASSIFICATION
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REF YOUR TT MSG ADCC 9-120, DID 13 SEPT 1955, REPORTING sN UFO
INCIDSNT NORTH OF COLLINS, éO. REF fAR 6b AFR 2CC-2, DID 5 FEB
1958, RSYUEST A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BE CCNSUCTED To CavPLy
wITt PAR 1 OF AFR 200-2 AND TO PROPERLY RESOLVE THIS STuUTING.
SPRCTFICALLY, REVUE -T COMPLIANCE wITit PARS 5, 5a (1), (6), (7),
isF(2), (3) (5), 15 L, PAR 16 aND PsR 17 OF AFR 2CCo2. REF PuR
a(9) OF YOUR ORIG MSG wiiTCi STATES OBSERVERS SAw CBJ THROUGH CORNER
OF SY, REQUEST CLARIFICATION CF THIS STATSiZNT. THE OBSERVERS
STATS THE OBJECT waS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 15,0CO TO 20,0CC FT AND was
THE SIZE OF A VOLLEY BALL AT ARMS LENGTH. TUE OBJECT WOULD BE
7,500 FT IN DIAWETSR TO SHC. Tn7S LARGE AT 15,000 FT ALTITUDE. 4
B36 ./C IS ONLY A FRACTION OF THIS aT 4OCC FT. IN REPLY REFER TO

COLLIS UFO CaSE FILE, Eke, 13 SEPT 1958.

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