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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971317

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONBalinger Texas

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1. DATE

27 December 1957 _ Balinger

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
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5. PHOTOS | 6 SOURCE

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2. LOCATION

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4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
OX Ground- Vi sual
QO Air Visual

O Ground-Radar

0 Air-Intercept Radar

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Civilian

7, LENGTH OF OBSERVATION _

1 1/2 minutes

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

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| 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

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CONCLUSIONS

Wes Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
xXProbably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

Other

Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS

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One object size of walnut, color intense Typically jet aircraft speeds

white, no sound, Object appeared to
gain altitude and disappveared,

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