Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Duncanville, Texas, 11 November 1963
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1963 UFO sighting report from Duncanville, Texas, involving a brilliant silver object and reported car engine interference. The case was closed as 'insufficient data' after the witness failed to respond to follow-up inquiries.
This document contains the record card and associated correspondence for a UFO sighting reported on 11 November 1963, near Duncanville, Texas. The witness, a civilian teacher, reported observing a single, round, brilliant silver object. The object was described as hovering before disappearing by moving straight up. The witness claimed the object caused their car engine to start missing. The duration of the sighting was approximately one minute. The report was processed under Project 10073. Military authorities, including the 745th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, documented the event. A follow-up letter dated 3 January 1964, signed by Captain Hector Quintanilla, Jr., requested additional information from the witness regarding the timing of the engine trouble, the distance to the object, and the duration of the hovering phase. However, the document notes that after a delay of four months, no reply was received from the witness. Consequently, the case was officially classified as having insufficient data for evaluation. Internal notes from the NORAD NCC Senior Director suggested that the phenomenon might have been an optical illusion caused by reflected sunlight.
Investigating officer indicated that a possible illusion was the cause. Additional data was requested from the witness. After a delay of four months no reply to the request has been received. The case is carried as insufficient data.
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Official Assessment
Investigating officer indicated that a possible illusion was the cause. The case is carried as insufficient data.
The witness reported a round, brilliant silver object that hovered and then moved straight up. The witness also reported that their car engine began to miss during the event. Due to a lack of response to follow-up requests for information, the case was closed as insufficient data.
Witnesses
- [illegible]civilian
Key Persons
- Hector Quintanilla, JrCaptain, USAF, Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch