Project 10073 Record Card — Roanoke, Texas, 26 October 1952

This document collection details a sighting of an unidentified aerial object that occurred on 26 October 1952, near Roanoke, Texas. The primary report, documented on a Project 10073 record card and supported by correspondence from the Artillery Center at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, describes an encounter by a civilian couple traveling on US Highway 77, approximately 18 miles north of Fort Worth. The witnesses reported observing a brilliant blue, cigar-shaped object, estimated to be about two-thirds the width of the moon. The object was initially sighted at approximately 1618 hours, roughly 30 degrees above the horizon. According to the report, the object was in view for three minutes, during which it traveled south, moved straight up, lost some altitude, and then moved southeast before turning and climbing like a top. The object eventually faded from sight. Following the report, military authorities conducted an investigation, which included telephone checks with Post Field Airdrome and a review of records from the Carswell Flight Service in Fort Worth. These inquiries yielded negative results, providing no radar confirmation or additional data to explain the phenomenon. The documentation includes formal transmittal letters from the Headquarters Fourth Army, Office of the AC of S, G2, to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, indicating that the report was being forwarded for further intelligence assessment. The records emphasize the lack of corroborating evidence and the inability to identify the object based on the information provided by the witnesses.