Platte City, MissouriFebruary 1955

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: ( PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION : i CONCLUSIONS
| hi : ; 3 XE Vos Balloon
| 7 February 1950 ~~ | Platte City, Missouri _ |O Probably Balloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERYATION 0 Possibly Balloon
s fio I 0 W Aircraft
; Ey pe a Ce 8 RC Be H¥Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably (EA |
1 cu108/0010Z-00507 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
§ DO Yes O Probably Astronomical
; XH No | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE  |O, Other. _ Ha
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
A ; 0 Unknown
| __ 20 minutes five A HI om, a
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Object round and compared to size of Multiple objects rising descrip-
auto headlight at slightly less than tion indicative of cluster bal-
] one-mile distant, Object was white, loon observation,
tinged w/yellow. Sound more recipro-
cating than jet. Described as low on
; horizon, but estimated 4-5 feet in
altitude, Faded from slght in a climb
First sighted in string formation
changed positions several times, then
: 200 a "vV* formation, |
A ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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