Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Spot Intelligence Report - Aerial Phenomena
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1951 Air Force intelligence report documents a sighting of strange lights by multiple witnesses in Texas. The official investigation concluded the objects were balloons released from White Sands.
This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and a supporting Spot Intelligence Report (10D 24-0) dated 19 January 1951. The report details a sighting that occurred on 8 January 1951, involving Mr. and Mrs. [illegible] of Waco, Texas. While driving from Fort Worth to Waco on U.S. Highway 81 at approximately 2245 hours, the witnesses observed several groups of strange lights in the sky at an altitude of 1000 feet. The witnesses initially mistook the lights for a water tower or radio tower before observing other bunches of lights identical to the first. They pulled their vehicle to the side of the road, noting that two other automobiles had also stopped to observe the lights. The Project 10073 Record Card summarizes the event, noting that the object was viewed by many people and was claimed to have been chased by aircraft. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the object was a balloon released from White Sands.
At 2245 hours on 8 January 1951, Mr. and Mrs. [illegible] of Waco, Texas, while driving from Fort Worth, Texas to Waco, Texas, observed several groups of strange lights in the sky at an altitude of 1000 feet.
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Official Assessment
Evaluated as balloon.
The sighting was evaluated as a balloon released from White Sands, despite claims of the object being chased by aircraft.