Boonville, MissouriApril 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 7, 1958, in Boonville, Missouri, a civilian witness reported an object shaped like an inverted raindrop, the size of a grapefruit, colored white to red, moving very slowly eastward. The object was still in sight at the time of reporting. One object was observed. The sighting type was marked as air and ground visual. The witness provided mostly negative information with insufficient detail for evaluation. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Boonville, Missouri

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

MO / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
7 Apr 58

2. LOCATION
Boonville, Missouri

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT: 0830/1007

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Air-Ground-Visual
Air-Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
still in sight

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
East

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Obj shape of inverted raindrop, size of grapefruit. White to red, Moving very slowly East.

11. COMMENTS
Majority of required info given as negative. Insufficient info.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 53)

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