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Case FileNARA NAID 28986265 · T1206 Roll 38

Project Blue Book Case File

St. Louis, MissouriMarch 1960

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 March 1960. The full case file (6 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 38.

Reported location

St. Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

March 1960

State / country

MO / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | : |
1. DATE ° 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ae |
ph Mar £0 St, Louis, Missouri 0 Was Balloon |
ei i ates aie 00 P:obobly Boelloon
4. DATE-TIME GROUP iTYYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bollenn
Lees YG 4-Vi oc y 0 Wos Aicraoft
—— PRS round- Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aireroft
CMT eee 0 Air Visual 1 Alr-Intarcep? Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft 4
Cr. i I Ae a ss SSE
5 PHOTOS oy 3. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
es Alla 0 Probably Astronomicol
tl No Civilien : 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF QASERYATION 2. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0D Other — oes
Cl Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
6 sac three NE 0 Unknown
Ce kG Abi fir se Fo WR SOE HEARS
10. BRIZZ SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright light appeared 1. COMMENTS Due to leck of other witnassas.
over whole area of Lambert Field, Mo, this report 1s classified as insufficient
~asting stout 2 sec before threa objects, data, Lishts not obser ed by tower
round, size of tire on heavy earth-moving parsonnel at airport. Possibility o:
vahicle, white, pound and flat as saucers, 1icht reflections fron 1nknown source off
ware sighted. “oud bace at 10,000 w ith .9 cloud base.
sovar. rlleht was level with constant spaeds.
Disappearance ins tantonaous. Cbssrved in Si
flew overhead and disappes red in NE.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986265

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