St Louis Missouri — March 1960

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PROJECr 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS St. Louis, 0 Was Balloon 0 P robobly Ball?on 3. OATETIME CROUJt 4. TYPE OF OBSERVA.fiON Local IX Ground. Vt sual 0 Air-Vi sunl s. Ptt~ OS Civilia.:l LENCTH OF.08$!RYATION HUMB!R OF 09JECTS o. BRI~;: SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING Drigb.t light appeared over whole area of T.embert Field, t-!o, bsting about 2 sec before three objects, r ound, size o: tire on heavy earth-moving vchl~le, vhite, round and flat as saucers, Po~aibly Balloon 0 GroundRodor CJ Was Ahcroft Probably Aircraft 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomi col Probobt y Astronomical 0 Possibly A~tronomlcol Insufficient Data for Evaluation n. COMMENTS L'"-le to laek vf other "'"'!tness~s this report is classified a3 in~ufiicient A TIC FORM 32Q (RP.V 26 Sl~P 52) HEI\Uf1UARTL::R5 fv11LITARY /\IR TRANSPORT S ::-;~VICE Ul'll1 ~0 STATES AIR FOHc;:: SCOT"r Alf-l i-OR~t: 8AG~. ILLINOIS ~Gl:.lT!fJ'l': U.F'O Jl.J~rr. ,'\L/1\DC If1'i'~Dti\Tt l\lT~NTIOr1 AND .'iCT~OiJ TO~OSl\F, H'l USAF, ADC, /\TIC~ 3 .3AD. < 2 ) S I 'Z C F TIP E 0 tJ HA V Y EARTH ~1 0 V I rJ G V E a I C L Z , (c.5) OB.JECT~ FLET,J OV? CI TY FOLIC.~ (Lt~: (9) iIQIIr .. 11. Cl) BRIGHT Lit"~!1 ) OVSR !HOlE Af~Et\ Qi:' LA''.J EHT FI:~LD .~ NISSCU1"). T0 N;: VIS IB L.E FO~ A BOUT G S :~C ONDS. ( Lt) D I H.F.CT l~F. LF:V1~L F L l G :!T SIX SECCJdDS C. (1) GHOI.l~!D \llSUAL (;'.) A CHF:CK I'fH C?ERATIO~lS OFFICH Cf1..P.J PODEF!T SQ BROiJl\N, l.OTJ l s , ro Rf\DA ~ H!\ TCH S UPEr~\f IS on FAA, LAi1~Jl!:RT ~I ELD, ST. LOUIS, MIS SJUR J, fSVEALED NZGAT!VS REPORT. (3) N~T AP?LICADLE D. Cl) .180~/21i ZULU ) NJC";t.IT. :. C ,,) Oi'JE C'3SJ:~u::n tJAS P.t\R!~E.D It'J CA7t. GAPFISJ.l) AVENUE !3:-~T:I :N i\IR ?ORT RO.'\D ,~dD ! ST ST.{ET CB'~R~<SLEY) ~T. LOUIS, t"l!SSOU~I (~"OUTH _S_IDE. ryr; LA~1Bf::RT FI2l..D). (2) SECOND OBSERV~:R t~lAS PAR!' ED 111 C).f: ON NORTH SIDE OF LAl10tR1 FIELD ,'\T BRo;ni A~!D COl;~rrY -JlfY _qO/\D R~R.KELl!:Y, MISSOlJ'RI, l\ f1E>iBr~R OF IHE I~ ~EPOqTtNG U~0'S DURING MILI'fARY S~R'!ICE. C2) OFriC~R . '.!. . .3) f"1Z~13ER OF BERKELF:Y POL'(CE DE?T. BOTH OYFir;r2RS . ... !IME OF SIGHTING. OtJT "CTEJ PAGE THREE RJEDAA 13 N')UT~l"SAST~. G . ( 1 ) RELATI iJELY CLEAR. (-2) WIND~ -. SURF.~C, .~ 11 D~CREES, 8 KNOTS, 600g FEET, 330 DEGREES, 24 KNOTS, 9~0~ FEET, 3la D REES, 49 KNOTS. (3) CEILING AT m155, 10,000 SCATTERED AND HIGH BROKEN. Cl~) VISIBILITY 10 NILES, NINE TEN'fHS CLOUD COVER C5) SAl1E A3 FOUR. (5) NOi!S, (7) THIRTY ONE DECRt:ES. H. NONE I. CONTROt. TOHER AT LAHBERT FlLD, REPORTED NO AIRCR!l!="T Ii~ AREA A! TIME. MC DON~I~LL AIRCRAFT, ST. LOUIS, Nl SSOU!li fltPORTED NO AIRCRAFT IN AREA AT TINE.J. NOt~S . K. LT COL JOHN E. RHODE, CHIEF INTELLIGENCE, DCS/PLANS, HQ MATS, SCOTT AFB, ILLI~OIS. THE IDENTITY OF THE OBJECTS CAN NOT BE DETER~!INSD BY THIS ;.r1, 3 UT It IS BELIEVED THAT IT t-1IGHT HE SJr1E FORf1 OF 1. A LETTER PREPARED BY CS! DSTACH- O~l THIS MATTER WILL BE FOR~ARDED TO ATIC THROUGH REGULAR CEANNELS. 25.'1535Z MAR RJEDAA