PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6783255

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATION20Mi NWof Corpus Christi Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
20 Mi NW of 0 Was Balloon -
19 November 1957 0 Was Balloon
Corpus Christi, Texas 0 Probably Balloon Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 0 Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon
Local__ Local . Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar Ground-Radar D. Wos Aircraft D: xWos Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT GMT 19/23467 AirVisual Air-Intercept Rador Air-Intercept Rador 0 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS PHOTOS 6. SOURCE SOURCE 0 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 00 Probably Astronomicul
ONo O.No GOc Observer GOC Observer Possibly Astronomieal Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other. Other
DOD 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
20 minutes one notgiven
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object with appoarance of bright star This is apparently an unidentifled
with a tail, size a pea, silver. a/e, rather than a l UFO.
Trail was ver bright and rather
short, but appeared to be a contrail.
Appeared to be an a/e with the sun
shining on it.
/
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)

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Iwitwes
V SOA 56 YDA 31 YA-37 UDC04HWATTS
64 1045 4E4
2
DL RoWIHW 2T 3-4x20
A2113302
FM CCIDR 741 ACWRON LACKLAND AFE Tex
TC ZHN/CONDR 33 ADIV TC ZEN/COMDR 33 ADIV
INFC RJEDDN/CONDR ADC ENT AFB
RJEDWP/CONDR AIR TECHNICAL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB RJEDWP/CONDR AIR TECHNICAL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB C:5 0:5
RJEPHQ/CDIRECTOR OF INTELL RJEPHQ/CDIRECTOR OF INTELL HEADQUARTERS USAF HEADQUARTERS S USAF
BT ,
A PEA
(C)SILVER(D) ONE (E) N/A (F) IT APPEARED TO BE AN SIRCRAEP WITH
THE
ITEM
TWO-(A) HE WAS A GOC OBSERVER LCOKING FOR AIRCRAFT (B) IT WAS
AT ASEDEGREES ANGLE FROM CESERVER (HP3ODU)(C) DISAPPEARED AT THE
HORIZON ABOUT 85 DEGREES (D) STARTED MOVING VERTICAL AND THEN
CHANGED TO A HORRIZON (EL JUST FADED ALL OF A SUDDEN (F) AFOUT OF A SUDDEN (F) AFOUT
(UENTY LINUTES ITEN THREE-(A) THENTY LINUTES ITEN THREE-(A) ) GROUND-VISUAL (E) N/A (C) N/A GROUND-VISUAL (D) N/A
(C) N/A

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(E) WINDS 13,60C-27DEGREES-45
REES-79 34,3
YPDEGREES-65 35,08-260DEGREES-65 48,00-26
DEGREES-SS 5J/D9A-2SEDEGREES-55 (C) NONE (D) FIFTEEN MILES (E) NONE
(F) NCME ITEM EIGHT NONE ITEN NINE-NONE ITEM TEN - NONE ITEM ELEVEN-
BY ALL REPORTS RECIEVED FROM GOC, THEY SEEM TO THINK THE OEJECT WAS
A HEAVY BONEER. OTHER REPCRTS VERE CALLED TO GOC AFOUT THE
SAME CEJECT WITH SOME NIX-UP BETWEEN THIS OEJECT AND THE
BRIGHT STAR TO THE SCUTH. THE OESERVER STATED THAT HE THOUGHL
THAT T IT WAS AN AIRPLANE WITH THE SUN SHINING ON IT. ITEM TWELVE
NONE
ET E1 ,11 reH?
22/2156Z NCV RJVFHW 22/21562 Z NOV RJUFHW believed To b4 AM ACET.? believed To be Ar AceT.?
UNIdeNTiFied ACFT UNidenTiFiEd CFT