Piedmont, MissouriOctober 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 28, 1957, a witness in Piedmont, Missouri observed a bright light in the night sky that changed color from red to white. The object moved very high and very fast across the sky and remained visible for approximately 45 minutes.

The Air Force record card indicates the observation was made from the ground using the naked eye. The witness reported the object's brightness changed during the sighting. However, the OCR text is heavily degraded throughout the case file, making it difficult to extract additional details about the object's behavior, trajectory, or the witness's specific location and time.

The Air Force's evaluation, recorded on the initial form, states "Insufficient information for any sort of evaluation." No definitive conclusion about the object's nature appears in the available file material. The full case file, comprising 14 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Piedmont, Missouri

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

14 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 14

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on i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
1. DATE x 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. 2 ’ ¢ DO Wos Bolloon
28 October 1957 Piedmont, Missouri DO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
PP ; * 0 Wos Aircraft
Sy EET agi hia 4 fa o Ground Rodor a Probably Aireraft
int Monel SONAR CR PN (8) AR Visoal AED 8 Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
X& Neo Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical /
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE TI iiss
BX Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
p N O Unknown
45 minutes one unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Bright light, changing from red to Insufficient information for any
white, traveling very high & very sort of evaluation.
fast, :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
# i rem EE sigh dba a BR TIC AT RR EAR Rh RR SAR Re SRG HRA s
3 ; j 4 A

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972532