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Project 10073 Record Card - Marshall, Texas - 10 Oct 55

📅 10 Oct 55 📍 Marshall, Texas 🏛 Air Technical Intelligence Center 📄 sighting_report
Marshall TexasUAPProject 100731955erratic flight

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TL;DR

A civilian reported a silver, shaft-shaped object with erratic flight over Marshall, Texas, on October 10, 1955. Military authorities investigated but concluded there was insufficient data to identify the object.

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype communication regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting in Marshall, Texas, on October 10, 1955. A civilian witness reported observing a single, silver, long shaft-shaped object at an estimated altitude of 35,000 to 40,000 feet. The object reportedly exhibited very erratic flight behavior, produced no sound, and left no vapor trails. The sighting was initially reported to the Marshall Texas News Messenger, which subsequently alerted the 835th ABG ISO. The report was then forwarded to Captain S. W. Purvis, Jr., of the Directorate of Intelligence, HQS 2 AF. Military authorities investigated the incident, including a review of weather balloon launches from the station at 1815Z, but the weather officer concluded that the balloon could not account for the sighting. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that there was insufficient data for a definitive evaluation.

Long shaft shaped obj, silver, no vapor trails, no sound, flt very erratic.

Official Assessment

Insufficient data for evaluation.

The sighting was reported by a civilian to the Marshall Texas News Messenger, who then notified the 835th ABG ISO. The object was described as a silver, long shaft-shaped object with no vapor trails, no sound, and erratic flight. Weather balloon data was checked but the weather officer did not believe the balloon could be the sighting.

Witnesses

Key Persons

  • S. W. Purvis, Jr.Chief Collections and Dissemination Branch, Directorate of Intelligence, HQS 2 AF

Organizations

Military Units