August 12, 1961 — Kansas City, KS
9:00 p.m. College seniors J. B. Furkenhoff and Tom Phipps see a large oval object with a fin extending from one edge to the center, like a sled with lighted car running boards, near Old Mission High School on 50th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. It hovers at 50 feet altitude for 3–5 minutes, then flies straight up, disappearing in about 5 seconds. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, UFO Information Retrieval Center, November 1966, sec. 3, pp. 73-74;
Jacques Vallée, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 282; [Case 522]
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1497, p. 298;
Patrick Gross, “Kansas City 1961, a Blue Book ‘Unknown’”;