St. Louis, MissouriApril 1952

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from St. Louis, Missouri in April 1952. The full case file (3 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 9.

Reported location

St. Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 7 Apr 52

2. LOCATION: St. Louis, Missouri

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 1800 CST, GMT 2400

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: X Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: Yes, No

6. SOURCE: [blank]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: [blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Shiny color. Faded away at rapid rate.

11. COMMENTS: [blank]

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, X Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941164

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Organizations

Project 10073

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Craft and vessels

B-47

Places

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