St Louis, MissouriDecember 1953

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Summary

On December 8, 1953, at about an evening hour, a military pilot near St. Louis, Missouri, reported one object. The sighting was made from a B-26 aircraft of a light bombardment squadron, flying at about 3,500 feet. The object was first seen directly ahead at the same altitude.

The object looked like a conventional aircraft about the size of a B-29. It was silver with a swept-back wing, four nacelles but no propellers. It showed a blue light from the rear of the nacelles, two rows of three lights on the bottom, and white lights on the wing tips. When the pilot tried to circle it, the object flew off to the west. The pilot turned off his lights, sped up, and closed to within a few hundred feet. A bright light was then aimed at him, causing heavy static on his radio. He made a turn and lost sight of it after about 10 minutes.

The Air Force record lists the conclusion as aircraft, a B-50. A wing intelligence officer believed the sighting was a B-50 type aircraft, and a B-50 was reported in the area at the time.

Reported location

St Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

December 1953

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

[J i I. DATE - T'"ME GROUP 2. LOCATION 8 Dec 53 ¢ 03307 St louis, Missouri : 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION AIRCRAFT: B-50 B=50 in arca at time of sighting. : ailitary ’ — mali i S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [11]. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Bade A/C size of B-29 except with L nacelles and no props. Swept wing, blue light from rear of nacelles-2 » 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION rows of 3 lights, each on bottom. Obj at seme alt 3,500 ft. 2 air visual : 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE O Yes 0 Ne FORM ES FTD sep ¢3 0-329 (TDE) wrovicus editions of this form may bo used. | ” PREC TET a