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Kansas City, Missouri, April 1955

Date of account
1955-04
Location
Kansas City, Missouri
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 20April 1955 Kansas City, Missouri Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION K&round-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircroft CMT_21/0200Z D Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probobly Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE oxother_Searchlights erratic,sharA 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 2-3 minutes one turns,very fast 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object size of a dime D/I CADF also observed same held at arm's length was observed tol phenomenon ano stated that traverse sky at tremendous speed, local searchlight activity a motion characterized by highly was the cause of this sighting. erratic movements(maneuve

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