l. OATfi TIME GAOUP 2. LOCATION 1 November 64 01/2300! Kirkwood, liissouri l. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION Ci vill an BAlLOON 4. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH 011 OISERYATIOH 6. TYPE OF OISERYATIOH Ground-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EYIDEHC! Object resembles a balloon observation with the balloon bursting and giving the appearance ~f flight to ~-lest. 11. IRI!, SUMMARY AND ANAL Y$15 Object resembling a J:8rachute top only made of metal. Gray color. No trail. Vapor trail appeared about 5 minute l ater in different part of sky. Ridges on top of cbme running to bottom. 275 deg azj h 25 deg e l e vation estimated altitude 300 ft. Flight to over horizon 275 deg azi~1th. Object stati ona.IY until di. sappearance at which ti IM object WBDt o ver th3 horizon insta.ntan~ously. Report delayed 25 day s . ~'iinds II\ CG,I\:NCJ DEPARTMENT O F THE AIK FORCE STAFF MESSAGe BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED CHQC647ZCY J9482 ACTION : NIN - 7 Nov 64)T/ab Page 1 of 5 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-7, SAF-OS-3,. DIA-15, SMB-1 DE RUCDAA 64 25/1800Z TO RUEAHQ/OSAF WASH DC fiUEA HQ /C SA F RUWGALE/ADC RUEAGL/AFSC ADDED DIST: XMIT TO: FTD, {27 Nov 64)njs ACTION, ROUTINE (Per Mr FOR:OSAF <SArOI>; CSAF CAFNIN>; AFSC <FTD). SUBJ: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT <UFO>. THIS MESSAGE IN TWO PARTS. PART I. THE'FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 14, AFR 200-2. A. DESCRIPTION OF~OBJECT: C1) SHAPE -DESCRIBED AS RESEMBLING A PARACHUTE ON TO~, WITH WHAT ~/OULD NORMALLY BE THE PARACHUTE CORDS DESCRIBED AS BEING MADE OF METAL; (2) SIZE-CCM?ARED TO THE S IZ:!: OF A BACKETBALLHELD AT ARMs LENGTH; (3) COLOR -GRAYISH II\ CC:i,''~u DEPARTMENT Or THE AIK FO~CC UNSLASSIFIED I PAGE'2'RUCDAA 64 UNCLAS ti/ITH SLIGHT ILLUC1INATION; (4) NUi18ER-O~E; (5> FORMATION -NOT APPLICABLE; (6) OISCER~IIBLE FEATURES/ DTAILS -RIDGES ON TOP Of DOME RUNNING TO BOTTOM POINT Of OBJECT, CLOSER SPACED THAN RIBS IN P ARACHUTE; ACTUAL SIGHTING; HOI.1/EVER, A VAPOR TRAIL APPEARED OVERHEAD APP ROXIr1A TE LY fIVE MINUETS AfTER S J GH TIN G; (8) SOUNDS -NONE HEARD; (9) OTHERPERTINENT fEATURES -NO~E OBSERVED. B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE Of OBJECT: < 1) CASUE Of INITIAL OBSERVANCE -OBSERVER NOTICED WHAT INTIALLY APPEARED TO BE A P Uff Or SMOKE, CAUSING Hir1 TO LOOK UPWARD AT OBJECT; <2> ANGLE, ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH/INITIAL OBSERVATION -03JECT APPEARED TO BE AT APPROCIMATELY 25 DEGREE ANGLE FROM HORIZON AT AN ELEVATION Of 300 FEET AZir1UTH APPOOXIMATELY 275 DEGREES; C3) ANGLE, ELEVATION AND :ECREAS~NG TO ZERO DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, AZIMUTH REMAINING CONSTANT; C4) DESCRIPTION OF FLIGHT PATH - OBJECT REMAINED STATIONARY UNTIL IT MOVED TOWARD WEST Lr: C U-\ S S if IE 0 Ill A STRAIGHT LINE; (5) MANNER OF DISAPPEAP.ANCE - OBJECT MOVED RAPIDLY TOWARD WEST, DISAPPEARED ALMOST INSTANTAII EOUSLY TO THW~JEST; (6) LENGTH Of TINE OBJECT WAS VISIBLE-THREE MINUTES; ,C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: < 1 > GROUND-VISUAL; <2> OPTICAL AIDS - NONE USED; <3> NOT APPLICABLE. D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: < 1) ZULU TIME-DATE GROUP -01/2300Z NOVEMBER; <2> LIGHT CONDITIONS-DUSK. E. L OCATION Or OBSERVER: APPROXIMATELY THIRTY EIGHT DEGREES THIRTY ONE MINUETS NORTH, INIETY DEGREES HJENTY SIX i:INUTES !.WEST. RELATIONSHIP TO KNOt.JN LANDMARKS - ON BARRETT STATION ROAD APPROXIMATELY NINE TENTHS OF A NILE SOUTH OF' MANCHESTER ROAD, \I}HICH RUNS DUE WEST KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI. F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER: C l) MR. o TELSPHONE, ~ORKS AS , THIRTY FIVE YEARS MANCHESTER, LARIMORE ROAD, KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI; <2> ESTIMATED 2ELIABI LI r ( - ~ELIABI LI TY CANNOT BE ESTIMATED; HOWZVER, CBSERVER APPEARED TO BE PREOCCU? IED WITH UNUSUAL Si AFF MeSSAGE BRANCH PAGE 4 RUCDAA 64 UNCLAS AF Tlf: 53525 (25 rTov 64) Page 4 of 5 ACTIVITIES REL ATED TO "E:XTRA-TEP.RESTIAL" IXCURRENCES . OBSERVER HIF'OR~ED INVESTIGATOR THAT IN HIS OPINOIN, THE "SPACE CRAFT" './AS CONSTRUCTED OF "MAG.IESIUM" AND :/ERED 9U EITHER A "t1AGNETIC" OR "MJTI - GRAVITY" FORCE OF SOME TYPE. OBSERVERs EMPOLYER STATED THAT OBSERVER \4AS RELIABLE. G. WEATHER AND WINDS: C1) OBSERVERS ACCOUNT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS -OBSERVER THAT AT THE TIME OF INTITIAL SIGHTING, THE SKY viAS CLOUDLESS. HO!JEVER, HE FURTHER STATED THAT CONCURRENT WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE OBJECT, A HEAVY CLOUD COVER ROLLED OVER THE A REA; < 2) AlvS /U.S. l.o/EA THER BUREAR REPORT OF lH NO DIRECTION A~ID VELOCITY - SURFACE, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DEGREES AT .FIVE KNOTS; 6,000 FEET, 240 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS; 10 ,000 FEET, 260 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS; 16,000 FEET, 250 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS; 20,000 FEET, 250 DEGEES AT 25 KNOTS; AND, 30,000 FEST, 240 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS; (3) CIELING- HIGH SCAT!ERE:D, NO CEILING; (4) VISIBILITY -10 MILES; (5 > AMOUNT OF CLOUD. COVER -4.0 PERCENT (6) NO ThUNDERSOTRt'lS IN LOCAL AREA; C:7). VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT - L\CG.,i\~ . ..., DcPARTME~T 0:: TH~ A'K 10!\CE Ur~C~ .~SSIFIED PAGE 5 TUCiJAA 64 UNCLAS A"? IN: 53525 (25 Nov 64) Paga 5 of 5 TAKEN AT C0Lm~BIA, MISSOURI, _NEAREST POINT TO SIGHTHIG- .:::5 u::G~EES 1\T SURFACE, 8 DEGREES AT 6 ,000 FEET . H. NO U~lUSUAL METEROLOGICAL OR ASTRONOMICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE SIGHTING. I . NO INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTIONS TAKEN. J. THE U.S. WEATHER BUREAU RELEASED A BALLOON AT APPROXIMATELY 01/2300Z NOVEMBER FROM LAMBERT ST. LOUIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. PREVAILING WINDS AT THAT TIME, HOWEVER, WOULD HAVE CARRIED THE BALLOON TOWARD THE NORTHEAST, DIRECTLY OPPOSITE FROM THE PATH RQUIRED TO HAVE CARRIED THE BALLOON OVER THE OBSERVER' S LOCATION. K . POSITION TITLE AND COMC1ENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: < 1) GLENN R. WOODS, CIVILIAN ANALYST, GS-11, DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE, DCSIPLANS. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE; <2) COMMENTS -AS MAY 9E NOTED, THERE IS QUI IT A TI E LAG BETWEEN THE DATE OF SIGHTING AND JA!E Or THIS REPORT, CAUSED BY ?AlLURE OF lH~ OBSERVER TO REPORT HIG SIGHTING. PRELIMINARY INVES!IGATION REVEALED NO CLUES CCNCERNING THEa NOTE: Adv cy del to DIA & NIN Section 2 is AF IN 53596 (25 Nov 64) . I lCOMJNG DEPART MeN r OF THE AIR F0~r-~ 5TA'F ,\\lSS~GE BRAI'I':H ACTION: NIN-7 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-7, CHQD420ZCY JE924 \' 0 RUEAHQ/ OSAF WASH DC R UEAHQ/C SAF R UW GALE/ ADC R UEA Gl/ AF SC FINAL SECT I ON OF 2. IDENTITY OR EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. L. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE SUCH AS MATERIALS OR PHOTOGRAPHS Adv cy del t o NIN & D~A Section 1 is AF I 1f 53525 ( 25 Nov G4) UNCLASSif-IED