Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record: Sighting Report - Houston, Texas, 31 August 1949
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This document is a Project 10073 sighting report detailing an observation of a brilliant, round object over Houston, Texas, on August 31, 1949. The object was officially classified as a meteor by the Air Materiel Command.
On August 31, 1949, at approximately 2340 hours, two electrical engineers stationed at the Houston Light and Power Station in Houston, Texas, observed an unidentified aerial object. The witnesses were on duty, looking out of a third-floor window while watching a brewing thunderstorm. They reported seeing a round, brilliant, blueish object that resembled a ball of fire, specifically noting it had the color of an arc weld. The object appeared in the Northeast and traveled in a straight, level flight path toward the Southwest before disappearing. The observers estimated the object was at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet and traveling at a speed exceeding 1,000 miles per hour. The sighting lasted between five and ten seconds. The witnesses reported that the object left no trail, made no sound, and was not feathered at the edges. The observers were not wearing glasses, and the object was viewed through an open window without a screen. The report, forwarded by the Headquarters Fourth Army to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, includes a formal conclusion identifying the object as an 'Astro (METEOR)'. The interrogator noted that both witnesses appeared to be highly intelligent and competent individuals.
It appeared as a ball of fire having the color of an arc weld.
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Official Assessment
Astro (METEOR)
The object was observed by two electrical engineers from the third floor of a power plant. It appeared as a brilliant, round, blueish ball of fire moving in a straight line from the Northeast to the Southwest at an estimated speed of over 1,000 mph. The observers noted no trail and no sound. The official conclusion reached was that the object was a meteor.