PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - 13 Jul 58 - St Louis, Missouri

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and associated military teletype communications regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on July 13, 1958, in St. Louis, Missouri. A civilian witness reported observing a 'whitish light' that moved in a northerly or northeasterly direction before changing course to the northeast and fading from sight. The observation was classified as a ground-visual sighting. Military authorities at the 793rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron in Belleville, Illinois, investigated the report. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, ATIC, was that the object was likely an aircraft. This assessment was supported by flight data indicating that several aircraft were in the area at the time, including a DC-3, a C-47, and a DC-7. Specifically, a DC-7 was noted to have landed at Lambert Field approximately ten minutes after the reported sighting, leading officials to believe this was the source of the light observed by the witness. The documentation includes the original record card, a teletype message detailing the report, and a follow-up page confirming the presence of multiple aircraft in the vicinity, including the specific DC-7 that landed at Lambert Field.