St Louis, MissouriAugust 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 1, 1958, at 9:05 a.m. in St. Louis, Missouri, a civilian observer reported seeing a pinpoint of light that disappeared suddenly. The initial observation placed the object at 225 degrees azimuth. It disappeared at 225 degrees azimuth at an elevation of 45 degrees. The sighting lasted two minutes. The observer was looking in the direction of Lambert Airport when the light rose suddenly and then disappeared. Weather conditions were cloudy and raining. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as Unknown due to heavy clouds obscuring the object.

Reported location

St Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

MO / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: August 1958
2. LOCATION: St Louis, Missouri
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

3. TIME GROUP: 09/0525Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
5. SOURCE: Civilian
6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: SW, rising

7. DURATION OF OBSERVATION: 2 mins

8. SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: all pinpoint of light, disappeared suddenly. Initial observation 225 deg azimuth. Disappeared at 225 deg azimuth. Elev 225dgr azimuth.

11. COMMENTS: Observer looking in direction of Lambert Airport. Sudden disappearance of rising light. Main characteristic of sighting. WX cloudy & raining. Possible balloon sighting fm Lambert Airport.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979306