Kansas City, MissouriJune 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 4, 1958, a civilian in Kansas City, Missouri reported seeing a small to large circular object that moved erratically and then disappeared behind trees. The sighting lasted one and a half hours. The object appeared stationary during the observation. A handwritten note on the investigation documents indicates the object appeared and disappeared in the same position for one and a half hours. The Air Force evaluation concluded the sighting was consistent with astronomical objects, specifically Spica and the planet Jupiter, which were at an azimuth of 210 degrees about 30 degrees elevation at the time of the report.

Reported location

Kansas City, Missouri

Date of incident

June 1958

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 4 Jun 58
2. LOCATION: Kansas City, Missouri
12. CONCLUSIONS: [X] Balloon [X] Probably Balloon [X] Possibly Balloon [X] Was Aircraft [X] Probably Aircraft [X] Possibly Aircraft Spica & [X]XWas Astronomical Jupiter [X] Probably Astronomical [X] Possibly Astronomical [X] Other [X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [X] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank] 05/0315Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual [X] Ground-Radar [X] Air Visual [X] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [X] Yes [X] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1.5 hrs
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Small to large circular obj, size of pen to dime. Erratic movement, appeared and disappeared behind trees.

11. COMMENTS: Both Spica (mag plus 1.21) a B2 star & the planet Jupiter (mag -1.9) were at an azimuth of 210degrees about 30 degree elevation. This is the position of the obj reptd'.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978439