Project 10073 Record Cards and Related Correspondence — El Paso, Texas, November 1957

This document contains two separate Project 10073 record cards and associated military teletype reports regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings near El Paso, Texas, in November 1957. The first incident, occurring on 4 November 1957, involved a Border Inspector who reported an egg-shaped object, approximately the size of a man, with a brownish color and a bluish glow. The witness described a string of lights around the object's side and reported that the object approached him while emitting a whirring sound similar to an artillery shell. Notably, the witness claimed that his car stalled and the light bulbs blew out during the encounter. The object eventually departed over the mountains. Military intelligence officers at the 95th Bomb Wing provided no explanation for this event, though handwritten annotations on the report suggest it may have been a balloon, noting that the report surfaced shortly after press coverage of other incidents in the region. The second incident, reported on 7 November 1957, involved two witnesses who observed a circular object that appeared to be the size of a fifty-cent piece at arm's length. The object was described as white, changing to red and green, and was observed for 5 to 6 seconds before fading over the horizon. Lt. Robert W. Debolt of the 685th ACWRON evaluated this second report, concluding that the object was very possibly an aircraft in the El Paso area and suggesting that the red and green lights were standard navigational lights. The documents reflect the standard military procedure for reporting and evaluating UAP sightings during this period, including the use of standardized record cards and teletype communications between various Air Defense Command units.