DATITIMI GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Gerald )Jo 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION B Ground-Vlsuol 0 Ground-Radar l-:- ::===========---+r-.;D~A~I,.. VIsual D Air-Intercept Radar 7. LENGTH OP OISIRVATION I. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE tlot given 1 Not Given 10. IRIIP IUMMARY OP liGHTING CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon D Probably Balloon D Possibly Balloon Wos Aircraft Probably Aircraft D Possibly Aircraft 0 Wos Astronoml cal 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical rJ:. Other~ contrails D Insufficient Dcrto for Evaluation 0 Unltnown Color was 'htlite trail. Object was bright & llbinning. Trail was estimateci at 2 m1] es in lenght. Evaluated as a/c contrails. ATIC POIItW l29 (REV 2t I&P 52) H E A 0 Q U A R T E R S F I F TH A R MY ALFGB-1 462 .t 1eeo I:A8T HYD. ~AIUC 80ULEVA1t0 CHICAGO 18. ILLINOIS SUB~Tr UaoOilnDid.--.1 Airoratt -PatteraCD Air Faroe Baae Da,.ta:a, Ohio A!TI. M:I A 'J fr 1. Attaohe4 hereto 1 letter trom 11\eeouri, re UDoOilwatlcaal aiJ"oraft , Geralct. 2. Tld.a , ... .... doe not OGiltplate oCil&loting an inv~eti- gatlGil Oil tb8 tter. ltr tr R.A. .on dtd 23 Apr &1 fl IBN3S Rlli)()LPB Colcmel, GSC AC ot S, G-2 EDWL,_, H. VEMMER, Owner THE GERALD JOURNAL Gerald, Mo. F9dere.l Bureau of Invasti go. tion St. Louis , J~o. :en t 1 e .ne n, :.:r. , :1n elderly r~tired ffl r-1er :1ho ll vcs just co.nt of ~his town, has c.:.;.~ that vre report for hi n o.n unusual object seen in the s!~y this ::1orning botVTeen S :30 and ~ c. . . Ee describ~d to us e.n object, brigh t ~nd shininc;, which tlloved slowl:; cross the a!<y fl"'O:a s outh t-J north lca;ine o. trP.il of nhite b e hind it. : ;e is un~bl9 to estimate altltude o f the objoct or its speed out esti- .:-.ates tha t the trail w~.s abo'...tt t wo .nilo:. l n l en3"bh. P'ror.l h i 3 description, .1e fir;uro that the object, ".iha:.ever lt ,;ao, lof t a contrail which sloe1ly ..: iss i l"):l ted. Ei:3 1-:1ain concern ~-;ao that the p h e n o.:.cna bo reportel to co:-:ll) nuthorit i es. ~e a r e o bli:inc b . meRns of thic l e tter. ::r. Lc.obert does not have the reputation with us e.s b oinr; o. publicit~ saek~r ~!1d ,-;e ha V9 o. tendencv t o bel eivo the. t !10 :>I:,) see co~ethin(; 7he onl:,r thins tr.et gives u s cause to wonder is his r eport to us l ast -;;aek, :'uesday nornine, that h e s a w :1hat l1e thought 11as a. met eor or c<net t~1at ~traai<ed across the sky to the n 0rth of thi~ to:m from caet. to 7N33t. fa' ve heard of no on9 else in this co..:.::-:1uni t y r1ho he.~ seen c i thor of ~kx t~sse cyst 9rious ob j ects so ::a leave i L t o rou ~">eople to dec itl e for : o :rsolves as to t h9 varocit~r of thase si~htings. Could lt b3 that th~re IS s omet hinr; to thi3 flyinr,r C:?.ucer Luninc!Jc ? "'o u r s ,,e r y trul~r, '!'h o rnr c. l d Journal