Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Correspondence — St. Louis, Missouri, 24 March 1960

On 24 March 1960, at approximately 0202 hours, two Berkeley, Missouri police officers observed three unidentified objects over the Lambert Field area. One of the witnesses, Police Sergeant Bryon Chrisner, was a former Navy Air Force pilot with experience in reporting UFOs. The objects were described as round, white, and flat, resembling the size of a tire on a heavy earth-moving vehicle, or approximately nine feet in diameter. They were observed in a 'Vee' formation, flying at a constant speed and level altitude of 10,000 feet, moving from the southwest to the northeast. The sighting lasted for approximately six seconds before the objects disappeared instantaneously. A bright light was noted over the Lambert Field area for about two seconds prior to the appearance of the objects. Following the incident, an investigation was conducted by the 12th OSI District. Checks with the FAA Radar Watch Supervisor at Lambert Field and the operations officer at Detachment 6, Radar Bomb Squadron, yielded negative results regarding any aircraft in the area. The weather was reported as relatively clear with scattered and high broken clouds. The official conclusion reached by the headquarters of the Military Air Transport Service was that the identity of the objects could not be determined, though it was suggested they might be an unusual weather phenomenon. Due to the lack of corroborating witnesses, the case was classified as having insufficient data for evaluation.