Kansas City, KansasAugust 1961

Unidentified

Summary

On August 12, 1961, in Kansas City, Kansas, a witness reported an object in level flight. It was elliptical and a dull grey metallic color. It gave off a blast of greenish white exhaust about half the size of the object itself. It flew from east to southwest and made no sound. The sighting lasted less than one minute. The Air Force pointed to the greenish white color, the short duration, the level flight, and the lack of sound. The card lists the cause as a meteor.

Reported location

Kansas City, Kansas

Date of incident

August 1961

State / country

KS / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

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BR [. oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS. |
gi . | " |D Wes Balloon |
12 Aug 61 Kansas City, Kansas O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION bit tte Aroha | |
Local I iii i iiciaa XXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Rador 8 Prose Soverdht | |
po cr Ce oN PY 0 Air Visa O Air-Intercopt Radar | Possibly Aircraft
S. PNOTOS . O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
HE Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other LANDERTIFIED
: & domi Date for Evaluation
3-5 min 1 E ani
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ircular in shape. 1/2 . |[1l. COMMENTS Classed Unknown. Description of |
bootball field. Lighted around edge. Lights objt would indicate possible balloon ex-
whitish yellow. Too nervous to notice color off cept for altitude of 50' off ground : |
objt. Looked like sled with running boards. and sudden rising. Completeness of descrip-
Substance and body depth but unable to say - tion and details given by 2 observers
what type of material. High tail. Size not gives little info upon which to =x class} |
known but vertical running fm center to end. ify objt into known categories and ex- |
No sound. In car stopped beneath objt. Could | plain sighting. \
not see thru but could see around. lst sighted |
fm 3 blocks away. Estimated 50' off groung. &
: Stationary 3-5 min then moved straight up and ae
to E, rising and disappearing in 5 sec. No :
; weather inversions. No wind. No clouds. Ei
Weather clear and dry. : :
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