28971647.pdf

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  17 September 1957 | St. Louis, Missouri | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 17/1700Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE Circle  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Disc…

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Witness
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PROB A/C
12D 24-0-258
18 SEP 1957

SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
St. Louis, Missouri, 17 September 1957

TO: Commander
Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado

1. At 1410 hours, Special Agent CHARLES P. CRUTCHFIELD, St. Louis Detachment OSI (IG), received a telephone call from [redacted], reporting that he sighted an unidentified flying object at approximately 1100 hours, Central Standard Time.

2. In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 7, AFR 200-2, the following report is submitted:

(1) Description of the object:

(TS) ATIC Commen…

12th District OSI (IG), File 24-0-258
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object, St. Louis, Missouri, 17 September 1957.

(a) Disappeared in the distance
(f) Approximately ten (10) seconds

(3) Manner of observation:

(a) Ground-visual
(b) No field glasses or other optical aid. Observer claimed 20-20 vision and was wearing polaroid-type sun glasses
(c) Not applicable

(4) Time and date of sighting:
(a) 171700 Z 1700-6 = 1100 Sighted
(b) Day

(5) Location of observer: Standing on a ladder at west end of house approximately 20 feet from the ground and looking toward the northwest. Where is house locat…

KEM

12th District OSI (IG), File 24-0-258
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object, St. Louis, Missouri, 17 September 1957

(10) Negative

(11) No physical evidence such as materials and photographs.

3. In addition to weather conditions sighted in the preceding paragraphs, Mr. [redacted], Observer-Briefer Meteorologist, St. Louis Weather Bureau stated a weather balloon was released from the Lambert Field Weather Station at 1100 hours Central Standard time and that with the prevailing wind conditions, it would have drifted eastward toward the city of St. Louis, and that there was a possibility tha…