St Louis, MissouriNovember 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On November 17, 1955, at about 1212Z, two elderly civilians saw objects over St. Louis, Missouri. One was a semi-retired man, and the other was a housewife. The sighting lasted about 45 seconds.

The witnesses reported twelve objects, round and flat like a baseball, dark on the bottom and silver-colored on top. They flew three abreast and four deep. The objects appeared to fly in formation but tipped from horizontal to vertical and from left to right. They made no sound and showed no visible power units. They were first seen at 75 degrees elevation to the northeast and disappeared over the horizon in the northeast. The sky was clear with the sun shining.

The wing intelligence officer suggested a possible cause was a new type of aircraft flying in formation. The Air Force record card lists the case as unidentified, with a note questioning whether the objects could have been birds.

Reported location

St Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

November 1955

State / country

MO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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Ch PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE i 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS py
] 0 Was Balloon
1 ov ) 14 8, Migso 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ML xossisy Eolienh
0 Was Aircraft
Er XJ Ground-Visual Q Ground-Radar [5] Probably Aircraft
GMI sae Baa in RAS 0 AirVisual 0 Air<Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS « SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical
O Yes o rota ny Astaro cal
ossibly Astronomical
IX No civilian i ‘
7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Om&NIDENTIFIED
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i PE] Unknown
45 seconds 152 NE ;
10. BRIEF SU Y OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
%ound and 116d" dark on bottom side, silver UNIDENTIFIED (Birds??)
| | colored on top side, 3 abreast, four deep. oh
No sound. Initial observation at 75 deg elev /
' | in NE, disappearing over horizon in NE. : :
45 second observation.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Es :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964203