Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Incoming Message — Raymondville, Texas, July 1961
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A civilian witness reported a 90-100 foot silver disc hovering and maneuvering near Raymondville, Texas, on July 19, 1961. The Air Force investigation concluded the case had insufficient data, suggesting it might have been an altocumulus cloud.
On July 19, 1961, at 1755Z, a civilian witness in Raymondville, Texas, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness, a 39-year-old housewife and teacher, reported seeing an elliptical, silver-colored disc approximately 90 to 100 feet in diameter. The object was described as having a smooth, rounded surface with no visible ports or doors, and a low protuberance on its flat top. The witness observed the object for five minutes as it hovered 1.5 miles southeast of her location. During the observation, the object moved slowly in a north-northeasterly direction, hovered again, then moved south-southeast to its original position. The witness noted that the object appeared to spin slowly in a counterclockwise direction and tilted opposite to its direction of travel before accelerating rapidly into a cloud. The weather at the time consisted of widely scattered clouds, with heavier cloud cover to the south and east. A light rain shower occurred approximately 20 minutes after the sighting. The Air Force investigation, documented under Project 10073, noted that the object left no trail or exhaust and made no sound. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the sighting was likely an altocumulus cloud, though it was ultimately classified as having insufficient data due to the lack of corroborating witnesses. The report includes a detailed breakdown of the object's physical characteristics and flight path, as well as meteorological data for the area at the time of the incident.
OBJECT APPEARED TO BE SMOOTH AND ROUNDED WITH NO VISIBLE DOORS, PORTS OR COLOR VARIATIONS.
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Official Assessment
Possible that it was an altocumulus cloud, however, in view of this being a one witness sighting with lack of a corroborating witness this is classed as insufficient data.
The sighting was reported by a single witness, a 39-year-old housewife and teacher, who observed a silver, disc-shaped object for approximately five minutes. The object exhibited complex flight maneuvers, including hovering, slow rotation, and rapid acceleration into a cloud. Despite the detailed description provided by the witness, the Air Force concluded that the lack of corroborating evidence and the possibility of a cloud formation rendered the case as having insufficient data.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Housewife and teacher