Project 10073 Record: Unidentified Flying Objects - 28 April 1954

This document is a collection of reports and correspondence regarding a series of unidentified aerial phenomena observed on the night of 28 April 1954 in the vicinity of Fort Worth, Texas. The initial report was filed by A/1C O'Donnell E. [illegible] of the 64th Operations Squadron at Carswell Air Force Base, following a telephone report from a student at Texas Christian University. The witness described a T-shaped object that changed colors from red to white to blue and possessed a green tail. The object was reported to have hovered at an altitude between 3,000 and 6,000 feet. Multiple radar sites, including the Carswell AFB Weather Station Radar Storm Detector, the Utah radar site, and the Meacham Airport tower, reportedly tracked the object. The witness, who was a student, claimed that his flight instructors also observed the object. Major Winston P. Rice and Captain Stimson were noted as having knowledge of the sightings. The following morning, on 29 April 1954, Major Rice informed Special Agent Miles that the object was again visible on the base weather radar. The investigation was handled by the 23rd OSI District, which forwarded the findings to the Air Technical Intelligence Center. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the sightings were astronomical in nature, specifically identifying the object as the planet Jupiter, which was setting in the west at the time of the observations. The document concludes with a statement that no further investigation was planned by the OSI office.