Kansas City, MissouriSeptember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 17, 1957, in Kansas City, Missouri, a civilian witness reported seeing a round, white object moving rapidly across the sky faster than an aircraft. The sighting occurred in the early night and lasted three to five minutes. The object moved steadily and very fast from north to south on a southerly course, then made a sharp turn heading east to northeast. No sound was heard. The witness was a 24-year-old arc welder. Weather conditions were clear and bright. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

Kansas City, Missouri

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
17 September 1957

2. LOCATION
Kansas City, Missouri

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 18/0300Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual  Ground-Radar
Air-Visual  Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3-5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
ENE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, white object, moved rapidly across sky (faster than a/c). No sound.

11. COMMENTS
Probably a/c. Based on maneuvers, flight & duration of sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[X] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other___
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971656