St. Louis, MissouriJuly 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On July 11, 1954, at 7:50 a.m. in St. Louis, Missouri, a civilian witness reported a milky white rectangular object with no trail or sound. The object appeared opaque and moved at 3 to 8 miles per hour. The sighting lasted 3 to 5 minutes and involved one object observed from the ground. The report was made to local authorities. All observers believed the sighting to be completely reliable. The Air Force evaluated the case as unidentified.

Reported location

St. Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
11/ July 1954

2. LOCATION
St. Louis, Missouri

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 0750 CDT
GMT 1250Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 - 5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
NE-Sta

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Milky white rectangular object. No trail or sound, speed 3-8 MPH appeared opaque.
[illegible sketch]

11. COMMENTS
Official report in WPAFB.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958994