Kirksville, Missouri, September 1960
- Date of account
- 1960-09
- Location
- Kirksville, 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORDCARD MILITARYRADAR 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 28Sep 口 WasBalloon Kirksville,Missouri 口 ProboblyBolloon 口 Possibly Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XGround-Rodar 口 Was Aiicraft Local Ground-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft 28/0816z Ai~Visuol Air-lnterceptRador 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astroncmicol Yes Military 口 ProbablyAstronomical No 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other Poss weather 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 45 sec one ascending 口 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING !1.COMMENTS Normal a/c return painted on ground radar at There is the possibility that this 70,000 ft repidly gaining altitude to 100,000 sighting could have been caused by ft,went off scope after 45 sec. warm moist air mixing with cold dry air.Three sightings were reported from the same radar station and were n
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