2 Mi N Of St Louis, MissouriAugust 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 7, 1958, at 8:01 a.m. local time, a civilian in St. Louis, Missouri, 2 miles north of the city, reported sighting a white, oval object about the size of a dime. The witness heard a sound like a jet aircraft. The object traveled in a straight path and faded from sight. The observation lasted 40 seconds. One object was reported. The course was north-northwest. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as probably an aircraft.

Reported location

2 Mi N Of St Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

MO / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
7 August 1958

2. LOCATION
2 Mi N of St Louis, Missouri

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 08/01452

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[ ] Air-Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
40 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
NNW

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Not Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] X Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Was [illegible]
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
White, oval obj, size of dime. Had slight trail & sound of jet a/c. Traveled in straight path & faded fm sight.

11. COMMENTS
Probably a/c sighting.

ATTIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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