St. Louis, MissouriSeptember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 17, 1957, at about 1100 (11:00 a.m.) central time in St. Louis, Missouri, a civilian graduate student saw one disc-shaped object. It was metallic gray and estimated at 100 yards across. The object first moved nearly parallel to the horizon, then made a circle and a slight turn toward the south before it disappeared. The total sighting lasted about 7 to 10 seconds. The witness said the sound resembled a diesel engine in the distance. The Air Force noted the object might have been a jet taking off from Lambert Field. Because of the short duration, the record card lists the conclusion as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

St. Louis, Missouri

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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y | A PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
© [tv oate he 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 O Was Bolloon
September 195 St, Louis, Missouri 5 Siabobty Rajon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION bse erst
: BC a a SR CU SAR Stay BXGround- Visual O Ground-Rodar a BORA Al erats
3 on LIAATO0E 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodor 0 Possibly Aircroft |
5. PHOTOS i . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
| O Yes o Probably Astronomical
id 2:No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOE asses ior EL
] BX Insufficient Doto for Evaluation f
4 : O Unknown !
4 10 seconds one Circle
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Disc-shaped object, metallic gray, From the description of the
. estimated to be 100 yards in diameter, object, sound & maneuvers, the
3 Object was seen traveling nearly parallel/object was possibly a jet a/c
4 to the horizon then made a circle and taking off from Lambert Field.
E a slight angle toward the south and liowever, total duration was 7
E disappeared, seconds, Insufficient data for
evliuation,
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