Vicinity Weston, MissouriJanuary 1961

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Summary

On January 22, 1961, between 2130 and 2200 (9:30 to 10:00 p.m.), a man and a woman parked about four miles north of Weston, Missouri reported an object. It flew overhead, then landed in woods over a mile away, showing a red light that was more like a glow.

When the man got out of the car and the courtesy lights came on, two bright lights on the object turned on and pointed toward the auto. The two lights were one above the other and brighter than any searchlight. As the couple drove toward town, the object took off and stayed to one side of the car for about three miles before lifting off. The sighting lasted about 10 minutes.

The man, a garage mechanic, did not think it was a helicopter. The Air Force conclusion was probably aircraft. The comment says no flying agency had a helicopter scheduled in the area, but the maneuvers were typical of a helicopter, and the object was probably a helicopter.

Reported location

Vicinity Weston, Missouri

Date of incident

January 1961

State / country

MO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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| 22 Jan 61 Vicinity Weston, Missouri |G probably Balloon
' 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Th Ee ryt
Loewe Rd o0seell RB Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 8 Brobeily Ryperdly |
omMT____230330- 0-0400z 0 Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
5. ‘PHOTOS | . SOURCE OD Was Astronomicel
O Yes : oO Probably Astronomical
$0 No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE J RC URB. TO
: (u] he Deta for Evaluation
| 10 min. 1 S-N thg N-s [7 Umer |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Re , not stinct,|n. commeNTsAlthough a check was made and ro
nore like glow. Also two bright white lights. | flying agency had a helicopter schedule |
[lo sound heard. for flying in the area, it is possible t
object observedwas helicopter. Maneuver |
are typlical of helicopter. A check was npde|
i to determine the lighting arrangement off a |
: helicopter, and it was found that if se
| from an angle the landing lights could
appear to be one above the other. Object
was probably a helicopter flying over the
area,
; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) /
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