Kansas City, MissouriSeptember 1962

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Summary

On September 6, 1962, an 11-year-old girl in Kansas City, Missouri, reported objects in the night sky. The time was about 0345Z, with a second object seen about an hour later near 0442Z. The first object was in sight about 3 to 4 minutes and the second about 5 to 7 minutes.

The witness described round objects, about the size of a basketball, that appeared to be on fire. The flames went from yellow-orange to white and back, then turned very bright and went out. The objects followed a path from southwest to northeast with no clear maneuvers. The girl reported the first object to her mother, who saw the second. The sky was cloudy then clearing.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card was also marked as a Moon Dust report, which covered possible space debris. The Air Force said the description matched a jet aircraft with afterburner and noted the duration was consistent with that. The description was also said to suggest burning natural or man-made space debris.

Reported location

Kansas City, Missouri

Date of incident

September 1962

State / country

MO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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i. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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3. DATE-TIME CROLP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Jo ae Tis Wes Aircraft
LOCO) ca eaten 2:Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar  Probubly Aircraft
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GMT 0 7/03490% 4 TO AimVisuadl 0) Air-Intercept Rodear 0D Possibly Airerait
5. PHOTOS | 6 SOURCE 0 Was Astronemicol .
QO Yes | Brabably Astronomical
Possi Aatronomi col
RR 5 BE she ita ig
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 DINE ii iinieisbsiie
1 BCR a 00 insufficient Data for Evaluation
& ° sl : LoD 1 Unknown ;
| | 2, 5-7 minutes 1 TR ER
10. BRIEE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object sighted, round with flames glow: Description conforms Lo observa-
ing vellow-orange turning bright and tion of jet a/c with afterburner,
going out, One hour later the same Duration of sighting consistent
phenomena was observed with the objects with this analysis, Observation
supposedly over Kansas City. by 10 year old girl who reported
object to fifdther, Ww ho also wit-
nessed the second sighting.
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