111 mi E of Kansas City, MissouriSeptember 1960

Unidentified

Summary

On September 9, 1960, a military pilot in a T-33 jet flying about 60 to 111 miles east of Kansas City, Missouri, reported a bright sighting at 2121 (9:21 p.m.) at 35,000 feet. The pilot saw a brilliant shooting star type flash. The burn trace started about 30 degrees above the horizon at eye level and grew brighter to a final burn-out near eye level. The path looked nearly vertical and was directly over the nose of the aircraft. The final burn-out was very white, like a magnesium flare. The Air Force record card listed the case as a meteor. The card noted the description is characteristic of a meteor. (Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.)

Reported location

111 mi E of Kansas City, Missouri

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

MO / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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«MOEN. 70 ECT 10073 RECORD CARD
BE ——— EE —————— ES
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS |
spam Ped : a |
| gy Sep ov 11l mi E of Kansas City, Missouri 10 Wos Boiloon
| roth 3 a Probably Bolloon
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| 3 DATE-TINE GROUP & TYPE OF OBSERVATION [9 TOINEE Taam |
| Nk ad |
SR iim nsiicimmaiiioniats | 0 Ground-Visuel O Ground-Rodar 18 Wes Aerts
| i 1a | rmbably Aircraft
| He PRs SH hae ee
pO 2212 Saif fl CAinVisuwol 0 Air-lntarcapt Radar a Possibly Airerolt |
{ 5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE 2h 0 Was Astronomicol |
! 0 Yes {3 Probobly Astronomical [at aor
| $2 4'4 'y : {
| Ne | dlitary | 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |O Other
] | 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation!
0 Un
| 208 given ne | vertical , i nt Jnknown
13. BREE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING eR © A TT ¥ |
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rilliant "shooting star” phanomenon with a | Description is characteristic of a
{heginning burn trace sprox 80° above horizon | meteor.
|Zrom eye level. Burn trace increased in inten- |
515 +o final burn-out at aprox eye level to |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988840