PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6958890

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONS Cotulla Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
12 June 1957 S. Cotulla, Texas 0 Probabiy Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
Local_2130 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_13/0330Z CAirVisual Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor
Y.s 00 Probably Astronamical
No Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 9. COURSE 00 Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
two seconds three 20dgr angle, lown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Looked like 3 squares in a row with Bolide observation.
tail about one yard long -- about size
of basketball. Color blue green. green. Object
angled down at 20 dgr 20 dgr and and seemed seemed to
fall apurt as exploded.
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INFO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO
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BT •
UNCLAS FROM DO 741-S-36. SUBJECT: UFOB REPORT. ITEM ONE (A) LOOKED
LIKE THREE SQUARES IN A ROW WITH A TAIL ABOUT ONE YARD LONG. (B) 6
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BASKET BALL. (C) BLUE GREEN (D) THREE (E) N/A •
(F) N/A (G) TAIL ABOUT ONE YARD LONG (H) NO SOUND (I) N/A ITEO TWO
A) THE BLUE GREEN LIGHT (B) LEVEL AT 21,000 FEET (C) LEVEL AT
21,000 FEET (D) AT ABOUT A  DEGREE ANGLE TOWARD THE EARTH (E) SEEMED
TO FALL APART AS IF IT EXPLODED (F) ABOUT TWO SECONDS ITEM THREE (A)
AIR VISUAL (B) N/A (C) T-33, AF 143S0, 21,000 FEET, HEADING 150 DEGREE,
HOME BASE, LAREDO AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS ITEM FOUR (A) 3330Z/13/6/1957
(B) NIGHT IT FOVE (A) SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF COTULLA TEXAS ITEM SIX (A)
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PAGE PAGE TWO RJWFHW 3B TWO RJWFHW 3B .
N/A (B) 1/LT EDWARD D. MCCABE AO333636 USAF LAREDO AIR FORCE BASE
TEXAS 1/LT HARVEY D. BLANTON AO2808D USAF LAREDO AIR FORCE BASE TEXAS •
TIEM SEVEN (A) CLEAR (B) SURFACE SE-18 6,000-150 DEGREE-2KNOTS 10,000- •
200 DEGREE-15 KNOTS 16,000-210 DEGREE-10 KNCTS 20,000-220 DEGREE
-15 KNOTS 30,000-240 DEGREE-25 KNOTS 50,000-240 DEGREE-50 KNOTS .
80,D0D-20 DEGREE-55 KNOTS (C) 220 OVERCAST (D) 10 MILES (E) TOPS .
AT 4500 TO 5,000 FEET (F) N/A ITEM EIGHT N/A ITEM NINE N/A I ITEM TEN
UNKNOWN ITEM ELEVEN NO COMMENT ITEM TWELVE N/A.