PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7820414

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONEof Corpus Christi Texas

FRAMES4

→ Original microfilm scan (PDF) → Return to index

Machine transcription · mean legibility 73.3/100 · engines: tesseract-200dpi

Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 004tesseract-200dpi

COAST GUARD @ , PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

17 Aug 60 E of Corpus Christi, Texas

| 3. DATE-Time GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Local o Cneaee — Ground-Roder

GMT 18/0312z O Aire Vi sel O Air-intereep? Reader
5. PHOTOS BURGE

0 Yes
St. Coast Guard

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

13 min one E
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Wes Belloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aivcroft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

Wes Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

Other Echo I

Insufficient Dete for Evaluction
Unknown

Found, white object. size of first magnitude A check with the timetable for Echo I

star moving steacily eastward. Disappeared indicates that it was moving toward the

behind low cloud. NE at the time of this sighting. This is
probably the cause for this sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

FRAME 002 / 004POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

FM CCGDEIGHT
TO RUWFJU/ZLLINGTON AFB

UNCLiS TC O X DIST OF INSTR 15-60 X UFO SIGHTING RSPCRT X DIONE
SIGHTED “CVING STEADY “HITs LIGHT IN SkY WITH »PPawvuCs FIRST
MAGNITUDS STAR FROM POSIT 27-36N 95=-23.j X FIRST sIGHT<D 21125

BRG 000 TRUS ALTITUDE 38 DEG X MOV=2D STSADILY WASTY.2D UNTIL
DISAPPEARED S2HIND LOW CLOUD SRG 045 TRUE ALTITUDE 15 DES iT 21255

A +UOGR.TE oe VISISILITY 8 SRCich CLOUDS 2 K SIGHTD BY COD UsSERVLD

= a“ ‘ sao | *? aT ‘a -! seer r . f n =< - al -_ ry * “fF ms _\ sen : al ae “- -~* . “TF
BY CO hills Vind OTHES du tied Deeded wed se Covi TICN..L © Oe : Oh ee oy eS and DER

P|

roe Ce ie

-_-
7 “ > 4 :
o Ee Le Pape 7 ere ne FO Gare es -_—

FRAME 003 / 004tesseract-200dpi

NEADQUARTERS

.2578TH AIR BASE GROUP
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
ELLINGTON A'S FORCE BASE, TEXAS

REPLY TO 1 ral
ATTN OF: BASOFS Lf SS jatn

SUBJECT: eport of Unidentified Flying Object

to, ATIC
Wright-Patterson aFB Ohio

1. On 18 August 1960 Ellington Air Yorce Base received a TW from
the Commander of Coast Guard District Hight that an unidentified
flying object was sighted. Listed below is pertinent data relating
to the observations, in accordance with paragraph 15, aFR 200-2.

a. Description:
(1) Shape: round.
(2) Size: first magnitude star. |

2) Colors white.
|

“f

) Number: one.

=

\

an

i Sounds none.
/

oo

(45) No other features.
b. Descrintion of course of object:
(1) Unknown.
: ( + altitna 3° 7
(2) Bearing 000 true altitude 38°, at 0312z, moving eastward

(3) Time of dissppearance: 03252, bearing O45°, true altitude,
15.

(4) Description of flight path: steadily eastward.
(5) Disappeared: behind low cloud.

(6) Visible: thirteen minutes.

c. Manner of observation: un mown.

FRAME 004 / 004tesseract-200dpi

d. Time and date oi sighting:
(1) 03122, 18 aug 1960.

(2) Light conditions: night.

e. xoeation of observers: 27-36"!, 95°=23"

f. Identity of observers: OOD and CO, Coast Guard District sight.

g. weather and winds aloft: surfece - 60.0 160/10, 10,329 149/25,
16,000 140/10, 20,000 110/05, 30,000 340/15, 50,000 350/25, 80,000 90/25,
ceiling 2500' scattered and high scattered, visicility twelve miles,
amount of cloud cover 3/10 lower clouds, 2/10 high clouds, thunderstorms in

area = none.
h. Ko other unusual activity or conditions existed.
i.e None.

je Location, approxim:.te altitude and seneral direction of flight of
any air traffic or balloon reieases in the area which could possibly account
for sighting: 2t cspproximitely 93152 the satelite ECHC I passed over the
city of Houston, lexas, on an eastward nath.

ee _- i

k. The Base Upzrations Officer prepared this seport. A telephonic
check with the Houston Tower, 747th ..c&. souedron radar, Houston Approach

Vile «4 i
rodar ani Sllinston Tower, and < check of theic logs during the period of
the observations, revealed no unusualtr«ffic. iio other revorts have od«en
4 . > -
tation. The flisnt vath of the object closely approximates

* . 4. * =
received at 2:15 -tar

tne route of <cHC I, as well xs the time element. It is the opinion of the
recorting officer thst the ovject was the ECHO I satelite.

i i Mie |

or = Sr 77= * '
run TH: wie - wb Ld ates 8 i
'

ee ae 1 Atch

L di thin TX, COGHEIGHT, 18 Aug 60
= Bi!

ve. ore y : es

Captarmn, USaAt