Rolla, KansasNovember 1951

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Summary

On November 2, 1951, a green tear-drop shaped object was observed flying over Rolla, Kansas. The object had no visible means of propulsion and produced no sound. It flew at approximately 52,232 feet above the earth on a course parallel to the ground, traveling from west to east at terrific speed. The object gave the impression of being a tear drop in form. The observation type was air-visual. The Air Force evaluation was marked as Unknown.

Reported location

Rolla, Kansas

Date of incident

November 1951

State / country

KS / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 2 Nov 51

2. LOCATION: Rolla, Kansas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible] 0700Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS: No

6. SOURCE: Not Reported

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Not Reported

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: East

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Object green tear drop shape. No visual means of propulsion. Altitude above 50,000 ft. Terrific speed, complete lack of sound. Course parallel to earth. Straight flight. West to East.

11. COMMENTS: Astro (Meteor)

12. CONCLUSIONS: Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940269