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Project 10073 Record Card and Incoming Staff Message — Ozona, Texas, 28 October 1959

📅 28 Oct 59 📍 Ozona, Texas 🏛 ATIC 📄 Staff Message / Record Card
OzonaTexasProject 10073VenusBalloonT-33

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A seven-hour sighting of an unidentified object near Ozona, Texas, on October 28, 1959, was investigated by the Air Force. While initial observations were linked to the position of Venus, the final military assessment suggested the object resembled a balloon.

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated incoming staff message from the 732D ACWRON at Ozona Air Force Station, Texas, dated October 29, 1959. The report details a sighting that occurred on October 28, 1959, between 1300Z and 2000Z. The object was described as a silver and red sphere or ovoid with two red projections. It was observed by multiple witnesses, including individuals using binoculars and a Keuffel and Esser surveyor's transit. The object was reported to be moving approximately with the moon, traveling slightly faster. A T-33 aircraft was vectored to the area but failed to identify the object. The report notes that the object's positions corresponded to the location of Venus during the sighting, yet the final assessment from the 732D ACWRON operations and intelligence officers concluded that the object displayed many characteristics resembling those of a balloon. The witnesses, including military personnel from the Pilot Training Group at Webb Air Force Base and local civilians, were generally rated as having excellent or fair reliability.

OBJECT SHOWS MANY CHARACTERISTICS RESEMBLING THAT OF A BALLOON.

Official Assessment

Object shows many characteristics resembling that of a balloon.

The object was observed for seven hours near Ozona, Texas, by multiple witnesses using binoculars and a surveyor's transit. The object's position was noted to correspond to the location of Venus during the sighting, though the final report from the 732D ACWRON suggests characteristics resembling a balloon.

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