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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8713615

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONEstacado Texas

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1. DATE (2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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10 June 1954 “tacade, Texas QO Probebly Belleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYP OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Bailoon
Locol 21L09C5T (N) D Geeund-Visud G Grovund-Reder Was Aiscroft
11/03C9Z Q Probobly Aircroft
GMT ee = Die Vi wal O Air-Intercept Rodor 0 Possibly Aircroft
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CO Yes | O Probably Astronomicol
5 Ne Glittery DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OS8SERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DW Orher_-) LU RITE TED
D Insufficient Dota for Evaluotion
39 Second 1 We to & OO Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1), COMMENTS
Object white lignt, observed to come fron UNIDETTIFIED
very higt alt. l almost touched ground,
Sp sed EO moO XK, Linked, ‘| went out.
pty slowed dowm, made two 40 dee tums.

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D2i1F. CIR VIS FUDD 3545 (WAC CHART ESTACADO PLAIN) (496) WHITE LIGHT
COMING DOWN FROM AN EXTXEMELY HIGH ALTITUDE 45 DEGREES ABOVE US
TRAVELING FROM AEST TO “A=T ~- OUR EADING AT THAT TINE WAS 279 DEGREES

In APPROXIMATELY 39 S:* + j©GT WAS UNDER US VERY NEAR THE GROUND.

9 FT ESTIMATION LIGNT © TIMATED SPEED 529 TO @2 K LIGHT SLOWED DOWN ;
ASRUPTLY CIRCLING TO LEFT MAKING 2 3@ DEGREES TURNS LIGHT STARTED

TO BLINK THEN WENT OUT, +4EN FIRST OBSERVED LIGHT IT CAME UNDER OUR LEFT

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