PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6969200

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONComfort Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
8 December 1957 Comfort, Texas 0 Probably Balloon
3. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Ballaon
DATE-TIME GROUP
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
D Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 08/1735Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 100 Probably Astronomical
E Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE #x Other parachutesx
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10 minutes stood still Unknown
12
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Twelve objects, round, size of pin Concur with CAA, probably para-
head, color bright t lights, observer chutes which appeared to stand
thought they were stars. still because of great distance
from bbserver.
ATiC forM 329 (REV 26 SEp 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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1 Witess 1
C
1 0 Dec 57 00 58 14
NNNN C
MM RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ
DE RJWFHW SB
M 091635Z
FM.COMDR 741 ACWRON_ 057 LE0 9
14:41
TO RJWFHW/COMDR 33 ADIV 8/17352
INFO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL CENTER WPAFB
RJEPHQ/C DIRECTOR HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHINGTON
BT C
SIZE OF A PIN HEAD (C BRIGHT (LIC VELVE(12)0BJEC (E) IN A
NONE
1735--6=1135-
ITEM FIVE- GQ1248 (COMBORT,
EXAS(B)/A
NAN
ITEM SEVEN-(A) CLEAR_(B) SURFACE-330DEGREES-20 6,000-340DEGREES-40

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E) NONE (F) NONE ITEM EIGHT- NONE ITEM NINE- NONE ITEM TEN -NONE
ITEM ELEVEN- AT APPROXIMATELY 18D0Z OC AT SAN ANTONIO SAID THAT THE
HIGHWAY PATROL HAD SITED FOUR OR FIVE PARACHUTES. CA ADVISED THAT
THEY COULD BE WEATHER INSTRUMENTS FROM BALLOONS IN THAT AREA.
AREA TO THE EAST OF KERRVILLE THIS WOULD PLACE BOTH SITINGS
INT THE SAME AREA. NO UNUSUAL SIGHTINGS PICKED UP BY RADAR.
ITEM TWELVE- NONE.
BT cachutes, which
39/1746Z DEC RJWFHW
tecaure
distance
stuere the sigof a pinhiad. (
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