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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 7 Dec 1951 | 2. LOCATION | Kansas City, Mo  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 14 12 1 GMT C7/2012Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 1 minute | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  9. COURSE | --- | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Police officer observed B-36 in SW flight at 10,000 ft. Observed object moving NW at alt higher than a/c. Object in sight one minute, transparent, gave off metallic sh…

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# Description of a Flying Saucer Is Supplied by a Policeman

HERE is a late description of a flying saucer, as supplied by Cpl. Frank Gibson, jr., 1533 Elmwood avenue, a member of the police department seventeen years.

Perfectly round, with an inner core resembling the fuselage of a small airplane equipped with tapered and extremely stubby wings.

Corporal Gibson said he saw the thing at precisely 2:12 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was just opening the garage door preparatory to driving away on an errand when he looked skyward and saw a B-38 plane traveling southwest at an altitude …

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FROM: (Originator)
CO, ATIC

TO: Commanding General
Central Air Defense Force
Kansas City, Missouri
R A D N O T H

INFO: D/I, Hq USAF, Washington 25, D. C.
R A D N O T H

For Director of Intelligence

This Center has been advised of the sighting of an unidentified object by Mr. [redacted] Kansas City, on 7 December 1951. Please accomplish AF Form 112. Refer to ADC letter 200-1, dated 11 April 1951.
In reply cite ATIAA-Grudge.

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YE…

EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT # 2

DATE: 7 Dec 51
TIME (Local): 1412
LOCATION: Kansas City, Mo.
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: Approx 1 Min.
SOUND: None
SPEED: Unknown
ALTITUDE: Unknown
HEADING: NW
SOURCE: Civilian
ACTION OR COMMENTS: Pending
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Described as perfectly round, with inner core resembling
fuselage of small a/c with tapered and stubby wings.