Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Project 10073 Record Card and Sighting Report — Amarillo/Odessa, Texas, June 1957

📅 11 June 1957 📍 Amarillo, Odessa, Texas 🏛 ATIC 📄 Sighting report and record card

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TL;DR

A 1957 UFO sighting report from Amarillo, Texas, was investigated by the USAF. The object was officially identified as a weather balloon after the witness re-evaluated the sighting.

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a formal teletype report regarding an Unidentified Flying Object sighting in Texas in June 1957. The report was submitted by the 688th ACWRON at Amarillo Air Force Base. The primary witness, a 27-year-old housewife, reported observing a single, round, white object, described as the size of a pinhead, over a period of 45 minutes. The object was reported to travel in a straight line, occasionally reappearing in the east and moving west, with one instance of circling north of its usual path. The witness initially described the object as stationary and moving up and down. However, when a USAF officer contacted the witness to clarify the report, the witness was asked to observe the sky again. Upon doing so, the witness identified a bright star that appeared to move slightly when focused upon, leading to the conclusion that the original sighting was likely a weather balloon. The official conclusion recorded on the project card is 'WX balloon'. The report includes detailed meteorological data, including wind speeds and cloud cover, to support the evaluation of the sighting. The document follows standard reporting procedures as outlined in CONAD Manual 55-11.

DIRECTTR WW/LT USAF CLN WHILE TAKI G REPORT ASKED MRS JONES WHAT THE OBJECT WAS DOING AT THAT TIME PD SHE SAID IT WAS STATIONARY AND POSSIBLY MOVING UP AND DOWN PD IMMEDIATELY WENT OUTSIDE FOR A VISUAL PD SAW A BRIGHT STAR AND WHEN KEPT EYES FOCUSED ON IT FOR A TIME IT SEEMED TT MOVE SLIGHTLY PD NO OTHER MOVEMENT WAS SEEN AT THAT TIME PD

Official Assessment

WX balloon

The object was identified as a weather balloon released at 2300Z.

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