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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8724034

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONSteelville Missouri

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION eee ee
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GMT a OD Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar \9 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE © Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
OKs | Civilian 10 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~ POX Orher_ Hallucination:
OD Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Objects came from sky and landed in

trees, Also landed on highway 8 in

Missouri, Object does this frequently
id the TV set doesn't work, Picture

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at object also picked up on TV when
it lands, Movement fm South to West,

Usually lands about twenty minutes
to eight in the evening.

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TV activity probably due to a/c
interference fm scheduled air-
lines. Other interpretations of
visual sightin due to hallucina
tion. Case investigated by OSI.
Original report in letter to Pres;
det of report indicates

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witness mentally disturbed in
these sightings,

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Dear Col Friend:

Major Hart asked that I

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Sincerely,

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and don't write me. Therefore we are
not answering. However, we are

forwarding the original to our
investigative unit at Wright Patterson AFB
with a recommendation they have a Missouri
based investisator check out this report.

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FROM NAME OR TITLE DATE
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Gia Me HART, Major, USAF ou Sep 6

b ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION

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TELEPHONE

SAPOT-33, Room 40 927 T4425

FORM ten Replaces DA AGO Form 895, 1 Apr 48,and AFHQ = .42—16—74007~-2
1 FER SO 3 Form 12, 10 Now 47, which may be used Gro