Kansas City, KansasMay 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Kansas City, Kansas in May 1957. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 27.

Reported location

Kansas City, Kansas

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

KS / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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35) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
rye clay Td ones 1 |
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[tI Was Balloon |
DA Max G5 Vanaae (+ Kama aq a QO Probably Belioon
UEP. © A, SPEEA 4 § velop J. L Kansas City, Kansas oo — 0] Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION , 4
i : ; & 0 Was Aircraf ,
ey RS a LL A a Se ACE Ti Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar fx P Fab aul Rhee
CMT... 23/14185%7 0 Air Visual Q Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XFNo Civilians O Possibly Astronomical ;
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a 8 CY) en EO
D insufficient Data for Evaluation
vr few minutes four NW 2 anon
2B ILOUTOS Tour NY
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ti. COMMENTS i
Four objects, flux, From ground to Probable a/c sighting.
disc shape 3 size of moon, one had 3
part of surface painted red color of
other» unknown. Object appeared fm
NE flew in pairs circled & flew NW
disappeared in trail. A/C in vicinity.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
i TRIE ROR REE i .

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969891