Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Kansas City, Missouri, 1 October 1964
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A Civil Air Patrol member reported a white, round object resembling a falling star in North Kansas City on 1 October 1964. Military intelligence evaluated the sighting and concluded it was likely a meteor.
On 1 October 1964, at 1041Z, a witness in North Kansas City, Missouri, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness, identified as a member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) with good reliability, reported seeing a white, round object that appeared like a falling star. The object was initially observed at an elevation of 80 degrees and descended to 10 degrees in the southern sky. The observation lasted approximately two seconds. According to the report, the object appeared to slow down and increased in brightness before disappearing instantaneously. The report was processed by the 328th Fighter Wing at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base. Captain E. L. Wiegel, the Wing Intelligence Officer, evaluated the report and concluded that the phenomenon was likely a meteor or meteorite. The report was forwarded to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and other relevant offices under the Project 10073 framework.
With the information available at this level, I believe it was probably a meteor or meteorite.
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Official Assessment
With the information available at this level, I believe it was probably a meteor or meteorite.
The object was observed by a member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) as a white, round object resembling a falling star. It was observed at 80 degrees elevation, falling to 10 degrees elevation in the South over a duration of two seconds. The object appeared to slow down and became brighter before disappearing instantaneously.
Witnesses
- [illegible]CAP
Key Persons
- E L WIEGELWT INTEL OFFICER