Platte City, Missouri, February 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-02
- Location
- Platte City, Missouri
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 7 February 1955 Platte City, Missouri 口 ProbablyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERYATION Local XKGround-Visual Ground-Rador Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT08/0010Z-0050Z DAirVisual Air-InterceptRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical XNo Civilian 口 Possibiy Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar 口 InsufficientDota forEvaluation 口 Unknown 20 minutes 6to5 up 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object round and compared to size of Multiple objects rising descrip- auto headlight at slightly less than tion indicative of cluster bal- one-mile distant.Object was white, loon observation. tinged w/yellow. Sound more recipro- cating than jet.Described as low on horizon,but estimated 4-5 foet in altitude.Faded from
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