St. Louis, Missouri - Phosphorescent Bird-Shaped Object
2 May 19h6·St. Louis, Missouri, 0°00'N 90°15'W·unresolved
A pilot reported a phosphorescent, bird-shaped object over St. Louis, Missouri on 2 May 1946. The object appeared yellow or light-colored and was estimated to travel at about 100 mph on a south to north course.
“The object appesred to the pilot to be a yellow (or Das ae ' . . light colored/ balloon, am attracted attention principally because of its night path.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 2 May 19h6
- Date exactness
- Not exact
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri, 0°00'N 90°15'W
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Missouri
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- Bird
Resolution
No external fittings or attachments observed; pilot did not pursue due to prohibited flying area
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
St. Louis, Missouri, 0°00'N 90°15'W / undated
- DOW-UAP-D088.pdf — Written report of this sighting