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Case FileNARA NAID 28973118 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

St. Louis, MissouriNovember 1957

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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 November 1957. The full case file (2 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 29.

Reported location

St. Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
05 November 1957

2. LOCATION
St. Louis, Missouri

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT                05/2350Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Airplane
Ground-Radar
Air-Interest Radar

5. PHOTOS
No
City

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
50 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round object, larger than any star, greenish-blue with red tints. Had tumbling action, did not disappear.

11. COMMENTS
An astro plot shows Venus to be in location given bt time of sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical Venus
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973118

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