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Belton, Missouri, August 1957

Date of account
1957-08
Location
Belton, Missouri
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 13Augustl957 Belton,Missouri 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT14/0445Z AirVisual Air-lntercept Rodar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 WasAstronomical Meteor Yes DprobablyAstronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomical OKNO 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficientData forEvaluotion 口 Unknown 15 seconds euo NW 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object round, size of grapefruit, Probable meteor sighting. color bright light, traveling at high speed to Nw in a straight horizontal line,disappeared in 15 seods. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP52)

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