St Louis, MissouriDecember 1957

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Summary

On December 13, 1957, at 2:22 a.m., a civilian driving west on Page Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri, observed an oblong object with a tail, about the size of a baseball bat, yellow or orange in color. The object appeared to separate into parts and seemed to hit the ground in a northwest direction. The sighting lasted 2 to 3 seconds. A check was conducted, and the Air Force determined that a meteor had fallen northwest of St. Louis, Missouri.

Reported location

St Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
13 December 1957

2. LOCATION
St Louis, Missouri

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 14/0454Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No (checked)

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
2 - 3 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Oblong object with tail, size of base ball bat, yellow or orange. Object seemed to separate at times. Appeared to hit ground in NW direction.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon (unchecked)
Probably Balloon (unchecked)
Possibly Balloon (unchecked)
Was Aircraft (unchecked)
Probably Aircraft (unchecked)
Possibly Aircraft (unchecked)
Was Astronomical (unchecked)
Probably Astronomical (unchecked)
Possibly Astronomical (unchecked)
Other_____ (unchecked)
Insufficient Data for Evaluation (unchecked)
Unknown (unchecked)

11. COMMENTS
A check was made and it was found that a meteor had fallen WNW of St Louis, Missouri.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976142