PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6781581

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONLevelland Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. OATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
© Wes Bealicen
ijovember 195 Levelland, Texas 0 Prebebly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belleen
Leow 31 Ground: Vi suel O Ground-Roder S tichdiy hvod)
GMT 08 /0200Z 0 Air Vi sel DO Air-Intercept Rader OC Possibly Aircroft
Ss PHOTOS - SOUP 0 Wes Astronemies! VOUS
O Yes EX Probably Astrenemicol
PD. . ivilian O Pessibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
OD Insufficient Dete fer Evaluction
| Q Unknown
30 minutes ne ss
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Object with appearance of 2 basketballs,
one sitting on top of other; a horizon-
tal bar separating the two balls. Two
antenna-like protuusions on hottome w/
left one longer than the right. Red

on top, blue-white on bottom, Moved,
stopped, moved.

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papers are commenting. In almost
exact position of object sighted
Also this sighting occurred in
vicinity of widely publicised
Sighting of + November. Could

be suggestive and cannot be rule
out,

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INFORMATION SUBMITTED CLN/1/. APPEARANCE OR’ TWO BASKETBALLS} ONE SITTING
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ON THE OTHER; A_HORIZONTAL BAR SEPARATING THE TWO BALLSs Two (
ANTENNA LIKE PROTRUSIONS ON BOTTOM WITH LEFT ONE LONGER THAN THE RIGHT

ONE. /A/CVERTICAL DUMB BELL} /BA BASKETBALL. /C¢_RED ON TOP BLUE-

WHITE ON BOTTOM>/D/ ONE. /E/ N/A. /F/ SAME AS 1 ABOVE. /G/ N/Aw /H/ C
N/A. /I/ NEGATIVE. /2/ SOUTH-SOUTHWEST. /A/ /B/_CONFLICT-
iNG « /C/ NEGATIVE. /D/ ERRATIC MOVEMENTS; MOVE, STOP, MOVE. —

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NUMBER 2, (PLAINS CITY POLICE, CITY POLICE, /7/ /A/ CLEAR, VISIBILITY 15 MILES PLUS.

/B/ SURFACE - CALM, 6,980 - 325/383 10,080 ~- 330/37; 16,02@ - 335/35

29,0908 - 350/453 30,982 - 349/58; 50,900 - 259/393 80,092 340/12. /C/

CLEAR. /D/ 15 MILES PLUS. /E/ NONE. /F/ NONE. /8/ NEGATIVE. /9/

NEGATIVE, /19/ B-25 AIRCRAFT IN LICAL AREA OF REESE AFB, /11/ CAPTAIN

SAMUEL GOLDSTEIN, ASSISTANT WING OPERATIONS OFFICER IS OF THE OPINION 4

THAT THE OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE ON AN AIRCRAFT OR BALLOON,
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