Over Kansas City, KansasJuly 1955

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Summary

On July 26, 1955, the pilot of a B-47 reported one round, white object while over Kansas City, Kansas. This was a military air-visual sighting. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was round and white and left no contrails or exhaust. The pilot reported his own altitude at 36,000 feet and said the object was about 34,000 feet above him, near 66,000 feet. He estimated its speed at about 1,300 knots on a course opposite his own, heading southwest. He had visual contact for about one minute. Light conditions were excellent.

Ground radar at the reporting station could not pick up the object. The Air Force sent a form to the pilot for more detail and checked for balloon activity and winds. One card noted a possible balloon. No single firm conclusion is recorded.

Reported location

Over Kansas City, Kansas

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

KS / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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cial . HR 2 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
DO Wes Boll
26 Jul 55 Over Kansas City, Kansas D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION BE |
O Was Aircraft
RR O Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
I; nin oh 3 | 8 Ain Visual QO Air-Intercopt Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS i . O Was Astronomical
QO Yes O Probobly Astronomical
XXTHNo military : O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 oe emer ep pe em
nsufficient Data for Evaluation |
| 1 min i 1 SW DO Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
Round, white, no sound, contrails or exhaust. | Possible baloon observation.
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