Lake City, MissouriNovember 1957

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Summary

On November 9, 1957, near Lake City, Missouri, a civilian employee at Lake City Arsenal reported seeing an unidentified flying object. The witness was driving his automobile from his place of employment to his home when he observed an oval-shaped object hovering about fifty feet off the ground. As the witness approached the object, the engine of his automobile died and would not function again until the object moved on. The object was described as oval in shape. The sighting lasted for an unspecified duration. The Air Force evaluation was listed as Unknown.

Reported location

Lake City, Missouri

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
9 November 1957

2. LOCATION
Lake City, Missouri

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local 0100
GMT 09/0700Z

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

5. PHOTOS
D Yes
X D No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
ONO

9. COURSE
not given

12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
D Probably Balloon
D Possibly Balloon
D Was Aircraft
D Probably Aircraft
D Possibly Aircraft
D Was Astronomical
D Probably Astronomical
D Possibly Astronomical
D Unknown
D Insufficient Date for Evaluation
[illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Observer while driving his automobile from his place of employment to his home when he observed an object hovering about 50 ft off the ground. The object was oval in shape. As observer approached the object the engine of his auto died and would not function again until the object moved on.

11. COMMENTS
This sighting was 3rd hand information with very little information upon which to base evaluation.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974283