Wintzville, MissouriNovember 1957

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Summary

On November 5, 1957, at approximately 11:51 p.m., a civilian observer near Wintzville, Missouri, reported sighting a very long object longer than any known aircraft. The object was white with a series of bright lights on a string. It moved south and disappeared over the horizon. The sighting lasted one minute. The observer was directly under the landing approach to St. Louis airport. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unknown.

Reported location

Wintzville, Missouri

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 November 1957

2. LOCATION
Wintzville, Missouri

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
GMT 05/2349Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
(X)Ground-Visual
( ) Air-Visual
( ) Ground-Radar
( ) Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
( ) Yes
(X).00c

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 minute

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Very long object, longer than any known a/c, white with series of bright lights on a string.

11. COMMENTS
The observer was directly under the landing approach to St. Louis airport, probably a/c.

12. CONCLUSIONS
( ) Aircraft
( ) Probably Balloon
( ) Possibly Balloon
( ) Was Aircraft
( ) Probably Aircraft
( ) Possibly Aircraft
( ) Was Astronomical
( ) Probably Astronomical
( ) Possibly Astronomical
(X) Other___
( ) Insufficient Data for Evaluation
( ) Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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