Project 10073 Record Card — Texarkana, Texas, 26 June 1963

On the night of June 26, 1963, at approximately 10:45 PM, a civilian witness in Texarkana, Texas, observed two round, white-to-orange objects in trail, described as appearing like pin-heads. The objects were initially sighted at a 45-degree elevation due North and were observed for 30 minutes before changing course and fading from view. The witness, who was watching stars and listening to a ball game at the time, reported the sighting from their backyard at 420 Delk Road. The incident was subsequently reported to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and the Air Defense Command. An investigation was conducted, which included a review of surface weather observations from Texarkana and winds-aloft computation sheets from Shreveport, Louisiana, for the period of June 26-27, 1963. The official conclusion reached by the investigators was that the objects were balloons. This determination was based on the physical description of the objects, the duration of the sighting, and the analysis of upper-altitude wind data, which showed variable winds that could account for the objects' varied flight path. The report explicitly states that nothing presented indicated the objects were anything other than balloons. The documentation includes extensive meteorological data, including winds-aloft computation sheets and surface weather observations, which were provided by the Climatic Center of the Air Weather Service to ATIC in response to a telephone request made on September 24, 1963.