University City, Mo., January 1958January 1958

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Summary

On January 5, 1958, in University City, Missouri, a civilian witness reported seeing a red, blue and white object the size of a silver dollar with a possible tail, falling rapidly with no sound. The object moved downward. One object was observed. The witness was putting a car in the garage and was going up the driveway when he saw it. The object disappeared behind a building. The time duration was not given. The Air Force concluded it was a possible meteor.

Reported location

University City, Mo., January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 Jan 58

2. LOCATION
University City, Mo.

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local 0800/0302Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
SPCS

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
down

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rnd, blue & white obj, size of silver dollar. Possible tail. No sound. Falling rapidly.

11. COMMENTS
Time duration not given. However, possible meteor.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Yes Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical Meteor
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 18 SEP 52)

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