Location not stated radar-visual unidentified-object report — February 6, 1952

Text extracted from the document: [ILLEGIBLE] Sq [ILLEGIBLE] 1952 [ILLEGIBLE] The image contains a photograph of an unidentified flying object (UFO). Housewife observing passage of 13-36 bombers over Kansas City, observed an unidentified shiny object that appeared to be fitted within the fuselage and internal bomb bays. DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT On 11 February 1952, between 1305 and 1315 CST, the source, a civilian woman, was checking a flight plan list at an airfield near Kansas City, Missouri, when she observed a strange object in the sky. The object was observed for ten minutes through 6 x 30 binoculars and during this period it remained stationary over the observer and contained south of Kansas City. The balloon launched at 1130 CST could have been observed, however. In the 35 minutes between the time of 1130 CST balloon launching and the observation, the balloon would have ascended to approximately 30,000 feet and would have traveled approximately 15 miles. (The wind was from 3150 at approximately 30 knots.) This would mean that the balloon passed near the source, if some allowance is made for an error in timing, it is very possible that the balloon could have passed directly over the observer. CONCLUSION: The object observed by the source was very possibly a rawindsonde balloon launched from Fairfax Airport. Leavenworth, Kansas Fairfax Airport Path of Balloon Approximate location of observer UNCLASSIFIED OVERLAY OF KANSAS CITY LOCAL AREA CHART The text in the document reads: 22/3/52 EST 13/2/52 M SUBJECT: 7700-15907 The object was first observed at approximately 2237 hours. The incident reported as happening at Granite City, Illinois, 13 Feb 53, cannot be verified by further investigation. For instance, there is no indication that the target observed on this radar was moving target, and it indicates that there was no temperature inversion and moisture lapse evident above the horizon, although the report stated that a check indicated that no definite indication of a temperature inversion existed. [DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS] DECLASSIFIED 16 DEC 55 UNCLASSIFIED SECRECY INFORMATION SECRET UNCLASSIFIED EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT # -?- DATE: 2 FEB 53 TIME (local): 0530 LOCATION: PACIFIC LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: UNKNOWN SOUND: UNKNOWN SPEED: UNKNOWN ALTITUDE: 5,000' HEADING: UNKNOWN SOURCE: MAJOR GRAY ACTION OR COMMENTS: DELAYED REPORT. DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: T-33 GRAY OBSERVED WHITE OBJECT ESTIMATED 500 YARDS, 6/50 UNCLASSIFIED DOWNGRADED AT 3-YEAR INTERVALS