Platte County, Missouri, August 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-08
- Location
- Platte County, 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 onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon Aug55 Platte County,Missouri 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Local αGround-Vi sual Ground-Radar Wos Aircraft 口 Probabiy Aircroft one hour after dark AinVisuoi D Air-lntorcopt Rodar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Yos 口 Probably Astronomicol DNo civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8..NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE OtherUnreliable'rmt over 2 hours one not reported 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Strange light moving up and down like rotary Overactive imagination, probably. a/c. Moved forward and back, seemed stationary Venus and Jupiter and Mars below the at times and then would move with tremedous horizon onehour after sunset through burst of speed. Strange light came
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