PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7005198

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1951

REPORTED LOCATIONVicinity Of Witchita Falls West Texas

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PROJECT
. DATE 2 OCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Texas tcx Was Balloon
16 Jan 51 Vicinity of Witchita Falls, West/ Probubly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local_. xGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
a Probably Aircroft
GMT_ Not Reported 0 Air-Visual Air-latercept Rodur 0 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
ONo Many people D Possibly Astronomicol
8. NUMBER URSE Other.. .
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 00 Insulficient Deta for Evaluction
up to 2 hrs D Unknown
1 NE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Evaluated as balloon.
Alt was high. Object claimed to be balloon
released from White Sans was viewed a by y many
people. Claimed to have been chased by a/c.
Many detaila report.

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Washington'25, D. C.
Synopsis: 2245 hours on January l951, Mr. and Mrs,
of waco, Texas, while driving from Fort Horth, Texas
to Waco, Texas, observed several groups of strange lights in the
+ 0 feet. (OSI-F-O)
2 Details: On 12 Lanuary
were interviowed at their Victory Brive,
to the right e loft and saw other bunches
of lights ifant the ones
Se pulled o the side of pad and stopped.
- We noticed aoproximately 200 yaris ahead of us two
other automobiles which had pulled off to' the side -
of.therdad apparently to watch/the sane lights we
inere observing. pulled car up behind thesa λ
other two cars. bicl one car drove off.
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DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
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