PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8861591

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONOver Trent Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. OATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

Wes Balloon
Probably Balloon
Pessibly Balloon

Wes Aircraft
Probebly Aircraft
Possibly Aircroft

D Augus L95# Over Trent, Texas
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

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0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Long, white streak, one breaking into Undoubtedly a bolide.
several, with trail like a meteor,

bright light & vertical motion, Obj

burst & faded.

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2. UNKNOWN
3. WHITE
4. ONE BREAKING INTO SEVERAL
5. N/A

Se NEGA TIVE
7e TRAIL LIKE METEOR

8» NONE
9. BREAKING UP INTO SMALLER OBJECTS

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Be 4. BRIGHT LIGHT

2. 0-10 DEGREES WEST (OF ABILENE TEXAS)

3. HORIZON, WEST OF ABILENE, TEXAS

4, VERTICAL MOTION

5. BURST AND FADED

627-8 SECONDS

Cy4. AIR VISUAL

2. NONE

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2. LIGHT VARIABLE AT ALL ALTITUDES

3. NONE
4. CLEAR
5. TWO TENTHS SCATTERED

6 NONE

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KIRTLAND AFB, NeMe NO ACTIVITIES IN AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR SIGHTING.

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Mei. APPEARED AS VERTICAL TRAJECTORY OF METEOR BREAKING UP INTO
SMALLER BURSTSe

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2e AAL, UNKNOWN

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