Project 10073 Record Card — Perrin, Texas, August 1962

On August 26, 1962, at approximately 0125Z, CWO(W-2) Duane A. Schultz observed two unidentified objects from the Perrin Heights housing area near Perrin Air Force Base, Texas. The witness reported that the objects appeared as round, yellow lights, roughly the size of Saturn to the naked eye, with the brightness of a second-magnitude star. When viewed through a telescope with a 2 3/4-inch reflection and a 120-power Barlow lens, the objects appeared square. The two objects were observed traveling side-by-side in a westerly direction, maintaining their formation and course for a duration of three minutes before disappearing over the horizon. The sighting occurred at dusk, with the objects positioned approximately 7 degrees above the western horizon. Following the report, an investigation was conducted by the Intelligence Officer, Captain Hubert L. Crane. The investigation included checks for local and FAA IFR traffic, both of which returned negative results. Despite the lack of corroborating traffic data, the official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the sighting was an aircraft. The report suggests that the observation occurred under optical conditions conducive to the misidentification of normal aircraft, and that the flight characteristics and formation were consistent with this assessment.