PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8299115

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONKansas City Kansas

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2. LOCATION

12 Aug 61 Kansas City, Kansas
4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 2100

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5. PHOTO! OL
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1¥ No Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
3-5 min 1

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ircular in shape. 1/2
bootball field. Lighted around edge. Lights
whitish yellow. Too nervous to notice color of
objt. Looked like sled with running boards.
Substance and body depth but unable to say .
what type of material. High tail. Size not
known but vertical running fm center to end.
No sound. In car stopped beneath objt. Could
not see thru but could see around. lst sighted
fm 3 blocks away. Estimated 50' off groung.
Stationary 3-5 min then moved straight up and

to E, rising and disappearing in 5 sec. No
weather inversions. No wind. No clouds.

Weather clear and dry.
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12. CONCLUSIONS:

Wes Balloon

Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probably Aircroft
Possibly Aircraft

Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomicel
Possibly Astronomicel

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objt would indicate possible balloon ex-
cept for altitude of 50' off ground

and sudden rising. Completeness of descrip-
tion and details given by 2 observers
gives little info upon which to mea class
ify objt into known categories and ex-
plain sighting.

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AFR 202-2, PARAGRAPH 125A: (1) CIRCULAR IN SHAPE WITH LIGHTING AROUND

OUTER EDGE, (2) SEEM TO BE A BIT SMALLER THAN HALF THE SIZE OF A
FOOTBALL FIELD. (3) SAID HE WAS TO NERVOUS TO NOTICE COLOR OF | :
OBJECT, BUT THE LIGHTS WERE WHITISH YELLOW. (4) ONE OBJECT ONLY. |
(5) NAe (6) HIGH TAIL, CIRCULAR IN STRUCTURE, WASN'T ABLE TO

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TELL IF CONSTRUCTED OF METAL OR NOT, BUT HAP DEFINITE BODY AND DEPTH

TO IT. LOOVED LIKE BIC OVEAL SHAPED SLED WITH RUNNING BOARDS
(AUTOMOBILE TYPE) AND LIGHTS IN RUNNING BOARD AREAS.

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(7) SPECIFIC SIZE OF TAIL NOT KNOWN. IT WAS HIGH AND VERTICAL AT

ON EDGE AND SEEMED TO RUN FROM EDGE TO CENTER OF OBJECT. (2) NO

SOUND WHATSOEVER. (9) WHEN QQ RRND QUINN WERE STOPPED BENEATH
UFO, IT SEEMED SOLID AND METALLIC. THEY COULD NOT SEE THROUGH IT BUT
THE CLEAR NIGHT SKY AND STARS COULD BE SEEN AROUND IT. PARA 153.

(L)" OBSERVERS SAW OBJECT AND THOUGHT IT WAS LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT
OSSIBLE IN DAGER OF CRASHING. OBJECT WAS ABOUT THRRE CITY BLOCKS

AWAY FROM OBSERVERS WHEN FIRST SEEN. OBSERVERS WERE IN CONVERTIBLE»
AUTOMOMBILE, DROVE DIRECTLY BENEATH OBJECT AND LOOYED UP AT ITs PHIPPS
ESTIMATED UFO TO BE APPROXIMATELY 5@ FEET OFF THE GROUND. UFO WAS
STATIONARY FOR WHAT SEEM 3 TO 5 MINUTES. THE AUTOMOBILE WAS STOPPED

DIRECTLY BENEATH THE UFO, OBSERVERS BECAME FRIGHTENED AND STARTED ig

AWAY FROM THE AREA. UFO THEN WENT STRAIGHT UP AND MOVED AWAY SHARPLY
TO THE EAST, ON THE RISE. THE UFO DISAPPEARED WITHIN AN ESTIMATED
FIVE SECONDS. (2) FLAT (3) STRAIGHT UP, COULD NOT ESTIMATE HOW

HIGH, THEN DISAPPEARED TO THE EAST. (4) STRAIGHT UP, COULD NOT
ESTIMATE HOW HICH, THEN DISAPPEARED TO THE EAST. (5) WITHIN

5 SECONDS OBJECT DISAPPEARED. (6) STATIONARY APPROXIMTELY THREE
MINUTES. AFR 20-2, PARAGRAPH 15C. (1) GROUND VISUAL OOSERVATION.

AFR 202-2, PARAGRAPH 15D. (1) 24322, 13 AUGUST 1901. (2) NIGHT
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AFR 20-2, PARAGRAPH 15£. LATITUDE: 39 1 NORTH. LONGITUDE?

94 37 WEST. FARWAY DISTRICT, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 52TH STREET,

MNEAR THE OLD MISSION SCHOOL. AFR 220-2, PARAGRAPH 15F. MP. <i
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| COLLEGE STUDEN (SENIOR YEAR). MR. SOMRes, TELE: |
=I, AGEs 21, COLLEGE STUDENT (SENIOR YEAR). AFR 200-2, © ee

PARAGRAPH 15G (1) NO WIND, NO CLOUDS, CLEAR AND DRY, STARS COULD

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BE SEEN. (2) WINDS SURFACE 9080/3, 6M 120/78, LOM 3292/7, 16M

32/18, 22M 302/25, 30M 270/46, SOM 309/40, BOM 280/23. (3) NONE
(4) £5 MILES (5) FOUR TENTHS HIGH CIRRCUS. (6) NO THUNDERSTORMS.
(7) TEMERATURE GRADIENT FOLLOWED STANDARD ATMOSPHERIC CURVE. THERE

WERE .NO INVERSIONS. AF 290-2, PARAGRAPH 15H. NONE YKNOWN. ah
PARAGRAPH 151. NONE. PARAGRAPH 15J. NONE KNOWN. PARAGRAPH 15k. a
PREPARING OFFICER IS THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE OF THIS ORGANIZATION. 3

BOTH MEN REPORTING UFO ARE SENIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY.

THEY APPARENTLY GAVE TRUE ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS TO THE BEST OF THEIR
ABILITY.s NETHHER MAN IS A TECHNICAL OBSERVERe THE SIGHTING CANNOT
B= RELATED TO ANY KNOW AIRBORNE ACTIVITY OR METEOROLOGICAL PHENAMENA

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WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE OBSERVERS. PARAGRAPH 15Le NO
PHYSICAL £VIDENCE.

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