PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — 8 December 1957, Comfort, Texas

On December 8, 1957, at 1735Z, a sighting of twelve unidentified objects occurred near Comfort, Texas. The observer described the objects as round, bright lights, each roughly the size of a pinhead. Initially, the observer believed the objects were stars. The objects remained stationary for a duration of ten minutes and were observed at an altitude of approximately 50 degrees, two miles west of the observer. No radar contact was made regarding these objects. Following the report, the Ground Observer Corps (GOC) in San Antonio noted that the Highway Patrol had sighted four or five parachutes in the same vicinity. The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) advised that these were likely weather instruments attached to balloons. Approximately thirty minutes later, the GOC confirmed that a helicopter from Kerrville, Texas, had recovered weather instruments from an area east of Kerrville, which aligned with the location of the sighting. The official conclusion reached by the reporting agency, in concurrence with the CAA, was that the objects were likely parachutes that appeared to stand still due to the great distance from the observer.