PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7201117

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONSweetwater Texas

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1. DATE 0 Was Balloon
ISweetwater, Texas 00 Probably Balloon
20 GuL Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
Local Ground-Visual 0 Probably Aircraft
Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
GMT20256 AirVisual Meteor
6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
5. PHOTOS . 0 Probably Astronomical
Yes 0 Possibly Astronomical
No lCivilian Other.
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE 00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION D Unknown
6-10 seuolds one Fast
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd, yellowish red obj, size of Description & duration is
basketball w/trail of fire, growing typical of a meteor.
smaller & smaller.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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STAFF MESSAG UNCLASSIFIED AESSAC DIVI ION
N G uFe
SMD B 086
D861 ZCWJA522
PP RJEZHO
DE RJWFHW N IE
P 202356 Z
FM COMDR 683D ACWRON SWEETWATER AF STA TEX
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJWFHW/COMDR 33D A ADIV OKCTY AF STA OKLA
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO
RJEZHQ/ASSISTANT HDQS USAF
RJEZHO/OFFICE OF INFORMATION
BT
UNCLAS FROM INTELL 683-1O-32. SUBJECT: UFB JATTN: ECM OFFICER
1. ROUND
2. BASKETBALL
3. YELLOWISH RED 3. YELLOWISH RED
4.ONE (1)
5. NONE
6. SMALLER AND SMALLER
7. A TRAIL OF FIRE 7. A TRAIL L OF FIRE
8. SILENT 8. SILENT
9. NONE
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STAFF MESSAG DIVI ION
UNCLASSIFIED AESSACG
NCO H G
PAGE TWO RJWFHW IE
B. 1. GLIMPSE
2. 30,000 T0 50,000 FT.
3. SAME AS ABOVE
4 SLIGHT CURVE TO THE EAST
5. INSTANTANEOUSLY
6. 5 T0 10 SECONDS
C. 1 1. GROUND VISION
2. NONE
3. NONE
D 1.17:56 CST
2. DUSK
EQM NORTH EAST SWEETWATER, TEXAS FJEC 2929
F. 1. TEXAS
STUDENT STUDENT
Go 1. NO WEATHER CONDITIONS NOTICED 1. NO WEATHER CONDITIONS NOTICED .
2. 20,000 FT. 2.20,000 FT. 230 DEGREES 30 KTS. AEMP -5
25,000 25,000 220 . 40 -18
30,000 240 50 50 -30
35,000 35,000 240 60 -42 -42
40,000 40,000 240 240 70 -53 -53
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DEPARTMENT OF THE A FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVI ION
JNCLASSIFIED AESSAC
PAGE THREE RJWFHW IE
SWEETWATER WEATHER AS FOLLOWS:
15 MILES VISIBILITY WIND FROM THE SOUTH-
18,000 FT SCATTERED
WEST 5 KNOTS
H. I. NONE
I. 1. NONE
J. I. NONE THIS JPORT WAS VERIFIED BY THE
K. 1.1
L. 1. NONE
BT
21/0231Z OCT RJWFHW
ACTION: ; GIN GIN
INFO : COP, SAFIS COP, SAFIS DB/31 DB/J1
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