PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785976

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONVictoria Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
10 December 1956 Victoria, Texas 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar XOX Was Aircraft
01 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 10/2000Z X Air-Vi sual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
XKNo USAF Pilot Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
15 minutes one E to N
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Silver object vith straigh wing, Object was definitely aircraft.
having engine ds or large Believed to be USAF recon-
wing pods intakes observed naissance type on experimental
between ,000 feet. Small test mission.
d speed Mach 85.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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1 | Witners
Hq 450th Fighter-Day Wing, Foster AFB, Tex, 11 Dec 1956, Subject:
UFOB Report
TIND 2d Ind
Hq Taotical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia 1 8 DEC 1956
TO: Commander. Air
Springs, Colorado
1. The attached AF Form 112 was
apparently in error.
2. Ninth Air Force has been advised that these reports should
be furnished directly to your command as provided Air Force
Regulation 200-2.
FOR THE COMMANDER:
1 Incl 1 Inel R. H. SMITH
n/o Colonel, USAF
Deputy for Deputy for Intelligence
2

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Hoadquarters
4SO TH FIGHTER-DAY WING
United States Ar Force
Foster Alr Force Basa, Toxes
1l December 1956
SUBJECT: UFOB Report
TO: Director of Intelligence
Ninth Air Force
Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
2. Report is
.3. Comments of
Q~
CLARENCE E. BELINN
lst Lt. 1st Lt. USAF USAF
Intelligence Officer
NAFOI lst Ind
Directorate of Intelligence, Hq Ninth AF, Shaw AFB, S. C., 13 Dec 1956
TO: Deputy for TO: Deputy for Intelligence, Tactical Comnand, Langley AFB, Virginia
Incl
n/c 238.
12038
12040

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COUNTRY oF ORIGIN REPORT NO. (Leave blank)
USA A-2 1-56
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
AREA REPORT CONCERNS
Victoria, Texas
AGENCY OF ORIGIN DATE OF REPORT
Hq, 450th Fighter-Day Wing (TAC)
Foster Air Force Base, Texas 11 December 1956
SOURCE OF 1NFORMATION DATE OF INFORMATION
Pilot Report, 452nd Fighter-Day
Squadron, Foster Air Force Base, Tex. 10 Dec 1956
PREPARING OFFICER EVALUATION
C. E. Belinn, lst Lt, USAF B-2
REFERENCES (COMTOl 91.0 prenioue report, etc., as applicable)
AFR 200-2, dated 12 August 1954
SUBJECT
UFOB Report
SUMMARY (Enier caiNe-Mm) report. Gloe significancs in finel one-senience paragraph. List inclosures at lower laft. Begin lect of report on AF Forim 112a.)
1. a. Aircraft
b. Silver dollar
C. Silver oboconla
d. One ancralt
.
f. . Straight-wing, wing almost twice as, Iong as fuselage, no tip Straight-wing, wing almost twice as, Iong as fuselage, no tip
tanks, either podded engines under fuselage or large wing root intakes
(think it was the latter). Estimate wing-span at 40 feet. Estimate (think it was the latter). Estimate wing-span at 4O feet. Estimate
altituds at 56,000 to 62,O00 feet. Estimate speed at .85 true Mach.
h. h. l Unheard Unheard
i.1 i. Larga wing area, configuration similar to F-89-or T-33 except Large wing area, configuration similar to F-89 or T-33 except
very little space between trailing edge of wing and leading edge of very little space betwee trailing edge of wing and leading edge of
empennage. Position of empennage estimated to be low. (Not actually empennage. Position of empennage estimated to be low. (Not actually
signted). Was not a pointed nose aircraft. signted). Was not a pointed nose aircraft.
2. a Contrail. Contrail
b. 50 elebation, 90° azimuth, 20 miles out.
c. 85elevation, C0 azimuth
d. Straight and level
e. Pilot left object to return to home base due to shortage of
fuel.
f. Fifteen (15)minutes
3. a. Air-visual
b. None
c. F-100C (configuration 2-275 gal tanks), A/C #54-1789, 51,000
feet, O55o, speed of .93 true Mach
4. a. 102000Z - - Dec 1956
b. Day (CAVU)
0 _INCLS.
BY ORIGINATOR
NAFOI
Title 18, U. S. C., Seotion 793 and 794. Its transmission or the revelation ol its contents in any manner to an unauthorized
whole or in part, by other than United States Air Force Agencies, except by