St. Louis Coast Guard Station aboard a cutter, October 1957October 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 23, 1957, at 5:00 p.m., a civilian named William Chanitz, age 22, observed a round silver object the size of a basketball at arm's length from the St. Louis Coast Guard Station aboard a cutter. The object moved with the wind and was visible for 10 minutes. It traveled in a northerly direction. The witness used binoculars (Coast Guard Type 7 by 50) to view the object. Weather conditions included rain showers and winds from the south. The object's evaluation appears marked as unknown in the conclusions section of the report.

Reported location

St. Louis Coast Guard Station aboard a cutter, October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
23 October 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
1700
GMT
23/2300Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No X

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
A round silver object the size of a basketball at arm's length was observed moving with the wind.

2. LOCATION
St. Louis Coast Guard Station aboard a cutter

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ainoculars
Air-Visual

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
N to S

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
The description of object fits a balloon which was probably launched at the Coast Guard Station.

UFOS REPORT IS SUBMITTED:

A. 1. ROUND
2. BASKETBALL
3. SILVER
4. ONE
5. NO FORMATIONM
6. NEG

PAGE TWO RJEPDT 2G
7. NEG
IN NEG
9. NO APPEARANCE OF MOTION

B. 1. UNK
2. 45-[illegible] REC
3. 45-[illegible] REC
4. UNK
5. UNK
6. [illegible] MIN

C. 1. GROUND VISUAL
2. BINOCULARS COAST GUARD TYPE 7 BY 50

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972408