17 April 1967 21:00
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Ozark Airliner incident. Explanation: Star.
Airliner coming in for landing, "below me, it's huge" WWI helmet shaped (over 300 feet diameter). Intense blue-white cold light under object. two small objects, DC3 size, dropped down, rapidly to the north and rapidly to the east Unusual objects were sighted by multiple witnesses, that had unconventional appearance and aerobatic performance.Three domed discs, about 300 feet across, were observed in clear weather by more than two male witnesses, typical age 25, at an airport for 45 minutes (Metz; Pistone). No sound was heard.
Hynek rating: CE1: Close Encounters of the First Kind
Vallee rating: MA1: A UFO has been observed which travels in a discontinuous trajectory. i.e. vertical drops, maneuvers or loops.
Vallee reliability rating: 323: Reliable source, firsthand; site visited by persons familiar with the phenomena; natural explanation requires major alteration of several parameters.
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