PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8850241

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONDevils River Texas

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; Devils River, Texas

Wes Balloon
Probably Balloon
4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Wes Aircraft
sy rch G Ground-Reder Probably Aireraft
ohdvenviars oa Air-intereept Rader Possibly Aircraft

Wes Astronomical
Probebly Astronomicol
Possibly Astronomical

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Insufficient Data for Evaluction
Unknown

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

l hr one
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |
Rnd, white obj, size of basketball
‘lw/long tail. Obj moved slowly NW

and faded,

11. COMMENTS
Undoubtedly a balloon,

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