Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 19 November 1957, Corpus Christi, Texas
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A 1957 sighting report from Corpus Christi, Texas, describes an object initially reported as a UFO but later identified as an aircraft reflecting sunlight. The document includes an internal military query regarding the classification of the report.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated teletype report regarding an aerial sighting on 19 November 1957, approximately 20 miles northwest of Corpus Christi, Texas. The witness, T/Sgt. Kennedy of the GOC Squadron, reported observing an object for 20 minutes that appeared as a silver, pea-sized 'bright star' with a short, bright tail. The object was observed moving vertically before changing to a horizontal path and fading from view. The report notes that the observer believed the object was an aircraft with the sun shining on it, creating the visual effect of a contrail. Despite this assessment, the incident was processed through military intelligence channels as a UFO report. The documentation includes a handwritten annotation questioning why the ACW Commander reported the incident as a UFO if it was believed to be an aircraft. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the object was an unidentified aircraft rather than a UFO.
This is apparently an unidentified a/c, rather than a UFO.
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Official Assessment
This is apparently an unidentified a/c, rather than a UFO.
The object was identified as an aircraft with the sun shining on it, creating the appearance of a bright star with a tail (contrail).
Witnesses
- T/Sgt. KennedyT/Sgt.Detachment 54768, GOC Squadron, Corpus Christi, Texas