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| 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS | | --- | --- | --- | | 23 Apr 51 | Gerald Mo | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon | | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 23/1430Z | 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 Cirilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical | | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not given | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE Not Given | | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Color was white trail.…
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2 HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY 1860 EAST HYDE PARK BOULEVARD CHICAGO 15. ILLINOIS ALFGB-I 452.4 7 May 1951 2304-11 SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft TO : A-2 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio ATTN: MCI AXA 1. Attached hereto is letter from [redacted], Gerald, Missouri, re unconventional aircraft. 2. This headquarters does not contemplate conducting an investigation on the matter. D. S.erguson 1 Incl ltr fr R.A. Edmonson dtd 23 Apr 51 INNES RANDOLPH Colonel, GSC AC of S, G-2 File 7-3712-35
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THE GERALD JOURNAL EDWIN H. VEMMER, Owner Gerald, Mo. ROBERT A. EDMONSON, Editor April 23, 1951 Federal Bureau of Investigation St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen, Mr. [redacted], an elderly retired farmer who lives just east of this town, has asked that we report for him an unusual object seen in the sky this morning between 8:30 and 9 a.m. He described to us an object, bright and shining, which moved slowly across the sky from south to north leaving a trail of white behind it. He is unable to estimate altitude of the object or its speed but estimates that the trail was about two miles in length. F…
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