Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting over Texarkana, Arkansas, 5 August 1958
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AI-Generated Summary
A pilot reported a green, grapefruit-sized object with white exhaust performing a vertical dive near his aircraft over Texarkana, Arkansas, in 1958. Investigators noted the report was poor but suggested the object was likely a fireball.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on August 5, 1958, over Texarkana, Arkansas. The witness, Captain J.S. Morrison of the 9th TRS, Shaw AFB, reported observing a single object while in flight. He described the object as being the size of a grapefruit, appearing green in color with a white exhaust. According to the report, the object passed through the course of his aircraft in an almost vertical dive, and the light associated with the object extinguished as it passed through his altitude. The observation lasted approximately ten seconds. The report was transmitted by the 2048th AACSRON at Carswell AFB to the Air Defense Command, the 33rd Air Division, and the Air Technical Intelligence Center. An internal note on the report expresses dissatisfaction with the quality of the pilot's account, noting a lack of specific elevation, azimuth, or directional data. The investigator concluded that the description was suggestive of a fireball.
For a pilot, this is a very poor report. No elevations, azimuths or direction given, only that an object apparently crossed his course. However, the color green suggests a fireball.
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Official Assessment
Description is suggestive of a fireball.
The object was described as grapefruit-sized, green with a white exhaust, and performed a vertical dive past the pilot's aircraft before the light extinguished.
Witnesses
- J S MorrisonCaptain9th TRS, Shaw AFB, S.C.
Key Persons
- J S MorrisonPilot/Witness