East St Louis, IllinoisMay 1953

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 17, 1953, about 1937 (7:37 p.m.) Central time, civilians saw an object over East St. Louis, Illinois. The witnesses were four boys, ages 11 to 13, who described it to an adult who reported it.

The object was aluminum colored and disk shaped with a slightly raised dome on top. It had a dark, almost black edge. It appeared to have exhausts on the underside that gave off smoke. It looked larger than aircraft common to the area. It came from the north, hovered a few seconds, dipped toward the witnesses, and then sped away to the northeast.

The sky was cloudy, but the object appeared in a clear gap between clouds. Severe thunderstorms were recorded in the area before and after the sighting. Scattered clouds were at about 3,300 and 8,000 feet. The Air Force listed the case as insufficient data for evaluation, noting the length and exact time of the sighting were not reported.

Reported location

East St Louis, Illinois

Date of incident

May 1953

State / country

IL / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION i
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17 1g 53 Zast St Louis, Illinois i
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION | |
Civiliong LWSUSFRCITNT DATA TOR EVALUATION vi
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Qne The length znd time of si-hidng was nob roparted, : :
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS A
Unlmomn Disc shaped alumina colored objoeh with a sli jhtly raissd 3
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION doe on top side hovered o fow socond, dipped torard observ ies
and di gappenred with “reat speed to the LL,
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7. COURSE :
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8. PHOTOS 3 | 4
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RB AINO ; 3
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |
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EXNe 4
FORM ; 3
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