PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340558

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONHouston Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
19 February l956 Houston, Texas 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Passibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar a Was Aircraft
a Probably Aircraft
GMT. KAir Vi suol Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS eltab tURce Was Astranomical
Ya Q Prebably Astronomical
ENo civilian Pilot Civilian Pilot Pessibly Astronamical
7. LENGTH OP OBSERYATION 7. LENGTH OP OBSERYATION & MUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE &. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE .Other. UNIDENTIFIED
Insufficiont Date for Evaluetiare Insufficient Date for Evaluetiare
less than 28 min EXUnknow CXUnkno w
one
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINS COMNENTS COMVENTS
Total duration 28 minutes rinus Total duration 2& inutea inus UNIDENTIFIED. UNIDENTIPIED.
take off tine and climb to 6, 000. take off tine and clinh to 6 Og0.
Pilot broke out on top at Go00 ft Pilot broke out on top at 6o00 ft
and observed intense white light 1000
feet above him. He veered to the
to the left and the object continued
to right at approx dgr, moved
away rapidly me his TAS which was
250 mph. No sound. No marking. Obj
disappeared towards Ft Worth-Waco area.
No radar reports.
ATIC FORM 3 26 SEP 52)
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RJEJEN/COMM AIRDERCOMIAND ENT AFE COLORADO SPRINGS
STEWART AFB NY
INFO RBEPW/DIRNAVINT NAVY DEPT WASHDC
RBEGC/COMEASTSEAFRTN
USCG GRNC
BT
FLYOBRPT X NRLNS ATC RPTD FOLLOWING AT 19I4O2Z X QUOTE X SASTERN
AIR LINE SUPERCONSTELLATION FLT 6521 NRLNS TO HOUSTON ALT 6000 DEPT
NRLNS 1912&7Z X PILOT BROKE CUT ON TOP AT 1505 FT AND OBSERVED INTENSE
WHITE LIGHT APRX IOOO FT ABOVE HIM X HE VEERED TO RIGHT AND SO DID
OBJECT X HE VEERED TO LEFT AND THE OBJECT CONTINUED. TO THE RIGHT APRX
285 DEGREES X THE OBJECT WAS ABOUT 4AOO FT AT THIS TIME AND MOVED
AWAY RAPIDLY ABOUT 4 TO 5 TIMES HIS SPEED X TRUE AIR SPEED ACFT 25S X )
LLOT ADVESED- LISET WAS VERY INT ZNSE VAITE COLOE AND NO CHARACTERIST IC OT ADVTSED-LIGHT WAS VERY TNTENSE DHITE COLOR ANDENO CHARACTERISTIC
O COLOR ARS OR AYPEWABO LO S EANOT DISAPPEARDED TOWARD 0 COLORAD AYPEASO  EIOT DISAPPEARDED TOWARD
FOHT WORTH-VACO AREA AT ASOUT 12ORD TO 1SGGS X MOISANT AJRFORT FOHT WORTH-VACO ANEA AT ASOUT 12CRO TO 1SGGS X MOISANT AJRFORT
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