Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record - Dallas, Texas
AI-Generated Summary
A 1965 report of a UFO sighting in Dallas, Texas, by a university student. The object was officially classified as a probable meteor.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record and a follow-up letter regarding a UFO sighting in Dallas, Texas, in 1965. The witness, a student at North Texas University, reported observing a single, round, white object with a magnitude of -1.9. The object was described as being the size of a match head at arm's length and traveled from the north-northeast to the southwest over a duration of 15 seconds. The witness noted that the object appeared to move faster than an airplane or an artificial satellite and did not deviate from a straight course. The sighting occurred on a very clear night with no moon. William A. Dexter, the Planetarium Director at St. Mark's School of Texas, communicated these details to Dr. J. Allen Hynek at Northwestern University. The official conclusion recorded by the Aerospace Studies Institute at Maxwell AFB was that the object was a probable meteor.
He said it appeared to move faster than an airplane and an artificial satellite and did not deviate from a straight course.
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Official Assessment
Astro (METEOR)
The object was evaluated as a probable meteor based on its appearance as a bright white light and its trajectory.
Witnesses
- [illegible]studentNorth Texas University
Key Persons
- J. Allen HynekDirector of Dearborn Observatory, Northwestern University