Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — St. Louis, Missouri, 19 December 1954

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an Air Intelligence Information Report regarding a UFO sighting in University City, Missouri, on 19 December 1954. The report details an account from a civilian witness who, while showing his son an airplane that had just passed overhead, observed a round object. The witness described the object as white while in motion and red when it stopped. The object reportedly moved very fast, similar to a shooting star, before stopping for a few seconds and then moving up and out of sight. The observation lasted approximately ten seconds and occurred with no sound. The weather conditions at the time were reported as 3000 feet broken clouds, seven miles visibility, 27 degrees temperature, and a wind from the West by Northwest at eight knots. The official evaluation concluded that the object was a meteor, and the reported stopping and rising motion was an optical illusion. The approving officer, Colonel John M. White, Jr., noted that because there was only one observer, a follow-up field investigation was not feasible. However, he added that the meager information provided indicated the possibility of a searchlight or ceilometer. The report was authored by Colonel James R. Nuzum of the Plans and Programs division at Scott Air Force Base.