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SHAPE: Like a huge oval or bobsled shape with lighted automobile-type "running boards" along outer edges; also had a high vertical tail, circular in shape which ran from one edge to center of the object. COLOR: Lights along "running boards" were whitish yellow, but observers were too nervous to notice color of the object itself. COMMENT: Weather was clear and dry. No wind, no weather inversions in the area were reported by meteorologists. The observers were driving along the road in a convertible with the top down. DURATION: Three to five minutes. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: Two. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Senior college students at Drake University. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Appeared to be good. DIMENSIONS: Slightly less than half the size of a football field. SOUND: None indicated. ALTITUDE: About 50 feet above the road, could not determine altitudes after the object took off. SPEED: Extremely fast. TACTICS: Hovered stationary for from three to five minutes, then shot straight up and climbed away sharply to the east, it disappeared from view in five seconds. TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: July 19 and 20, 1960, at about 9:30 P.M. local time each night/St. Louis, Missouri. DURATION: 20 minutes, first night, 30 minutes, second night. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: At least eight identified, but many more phoned newspapers and police about the sightings. TYPE OF OBSERVER: College student, housewives and their husbands and children. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One.