Kanopolis, KansasOctober 1957

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# Summary

On October 31, 1957, at approximately 1600 (4 p.m.), a woman named Mrs. Murине saw a round, silver object near Kanopolis, Kansas. She described the object as being about the size of a silver dollar. It made no sound and moved very slowly and very low in the sky, traveling steadily toward the southeast. The observation lasted one hour and thirty-five minutes before the object faded into the distance.

The woman was outdoors at the time and used no optical aids to view the object. The weather was clear with scattered clouds at an unknown altitude. When the Air Force investigated, it sent two F-82-C fighter aircraft to the area, but they found nothing when they arrived at the estimated location. Radar contact was never made with the object.

In its final assessment, the Air Force concluded the object was probably a balloon of some type. The file notes that the object appeared to be moving with the wind, which supported the balloon explanation.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, totaling 12 pages.

Reported location

Kanopolis, Kansas

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

KS / US

Page count

12 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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: 31 October 1957 Kanopolis, Kansas : ik cig A bd bap
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon |
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eMTo1l/15007 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar | Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS « SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
. OQ Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
+ No vivitian Le isi £1 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF O3JECTS | 9. COURSE GE RRR STR J ok TROT. §
J Insufficient Data for Evaluation
' 0 Unknown
SET RRR RE ROR HA 1 SERRE: Sin SEEING TR DE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object, silver color, size of Object was moving with the wind.
a silver dollar, No trail, No sound, | Probably a balloon.
Very slow & very low, Moving SE on
a steady course,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972587