Kansas City, Mo., September 1957September 1957

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Summary

On September 18, 1957, someone in Kansas City, Missouri saw a round white object moving rapidly across the sky from north to south. The object was visible for three to five minutes. At one point it made a sharp turn and headed toward the northeast before disappearing from view.

The Air Force investigator who wrote up the case noted that the object's description, how long it stayed visible, and the path it flew all suggested the sighting was probably caused by an aircraft. The file lists the case evaluation as "unknown," though the case summary section indicates the Air Force believed it was probably a balloon.

The complete case file, consisting of seven pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Kansas City, Mo., September 1957

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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[ Gana > AISS-UF 0B-283-57 Oy |
b 1. iia i 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 / 25-Oct-57 Kansas City, Mo. o Was Ballon |
3 \Z iS e127 (Se? | i o x 2 0 Probably Balloon
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bean neon
4 18/0300 2—Bep—57 X Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar x Bidushis Adverats |
| 1 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | 5 Possibly Aircraft {
f be 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
E O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
Ee X No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Othello nll LL ELE |
4 Three to five mimites One N to S to ENE 8 paptEam Dota for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
3 One round white object, woving mapidly Description, durat on, flight path
E acroes the sky from north to south. Object indicate that this sighting wse probably
3 was seen making a sharp turn heading ENE and caused by an aircraft.
E. was in sight for from three to five minutes.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971660