New Cambria, MissouriNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 24, 1957, at New Cambria, Missouri, a round, opaque, very large object was observed traveling very slowly heading south. The object had no tail, trail, or exhaust and made no sound. The sighting lasted 10 minutes and remained in sight. One object was observed. The witness was Harry Milliron, age 45, from GOC Post Supervision at New Cambria, Missouri. No elevation, azimuth, or weather information was recorded. The investigator noted the description and flight pattern indicated balloon observation.

Reported location

New Cambria, Missouri

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
24 November 1957

2. LOCATION
New Cambria, Missouri

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 2442/19202

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

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
GOC Observer

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 mins & still in sight

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
south

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, opaque, very large object. No tail, trail or exhaust. No sound. Traveling very slow, heading south.

11. COMMENTS
No elevation, azimuth, or weather given; however, description and flight indicate balloon observation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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