Webbafb Texas — July 1959

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS DATETIME GROUP TYPE OF O BSERVATION ; o: Ground Vi suo l 0 GroundRodor P robobl y Aircraft 0 Air- Visual 0 A ir-Intercept Possibly Ai rcroft Astronomi col 0 v Probabl y Astronomical :.Ii l i t.urt Possibly Astronomical L ENGTH OP OBSERVATION NUMBER O F OBJECTS suffi c ient Dot a for E voluati on BRIEP SUMMARY 0,. SIGHTING ProlxtbJ e M~DLAND~ TEX C2> ALSO OBSERVED FROM WINK INSAC, WINK, TEX, 31 DEG 45'N, F IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERSI TSGT, 2010-3 AACS DET, CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR WELL QUALIFIED; SSGT, 2010-3 AACS DET, CONTROL OPERATOR WELL QUALIFIED; DET 7-8TH WEATYER GP, WEATHER OBSERVER WELL QUA LIF lED G . WEATHER & WINDS-ALOFT CONTITIONS AT TIME & PLACE OF SIGHTING I 000' HIGH CIRRUS, CB S& NW NOT AVAILABLE 15 'PLliS PAGE FOUR RJWFDS 8 ( 5 > APRX FORTY PERCENT I~ N~TIFIED CCI SITE AT SWEETijATER, TEX; PYOTE, TEX AND ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. IMNEDirlTELY UPON SIGHTI~G ~JO li~l'tJCZ?T ACTION TAKEN. EL PASO ARTC, EL PASO , TEX, AND MIIDLAND AIR TERMINAL CONTROL TOtJER , ~1IDLAND, TEX, WERE ALSO NOTIFIED PAGE TWO RJWFDS 8 B. COURSE OF OBJECT: C1> SIGHTING OF AN UNUSUAL LIGHT C2> 7 DEG ABOVE HORIZON, 270 DEG FROM WEBB AFB TOWER. (3) 0 DEG ABOVE HORIZON, 270 DEG FROM WEBB AFB TOWER. (4) WHEN FIRST OBSERVED, OBJECT WAS MOVING SLIGHTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE WITH NO VERTICAL MOVEMENT. CATER OBJECT APPEARED TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST. (5) OBJECT FADED FROM SIGHT WITHOUT ANY VERTICAL MOVEMENT. LATER REAPPEARED SOME DIMMER AND AT A LOWER ALTITUDE, THEN DISAPPEARED AS IF GETTING FURTHER AWAY. (6) 30 MINUTES. c. MANNER OF OBSERVATIONJ GROUND VISUAL. BINOCULARS NO AIRBORNE OBSERVATION. D. TIEM AND DATE OF SIGHTINGS (2) LIGHT CONDITIONS: NIGHT. PAGE THREE RJWFDS 8 E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERSS 32 DEG 13' N, 101 DEG 31'W, CONTROL TOWER WEBB A~B, TEX. K. PREPARING OFFICER, 1/LT lEONARD D SCHWAB, OPERATIONS HELICOPTER PILOT, WAFB, TEX. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS: THREE HIGHLY QUALIFIED OBSERVING AGENCIES SIGHTED AND OBSERVED THIS UNUSUAL SIGHTING OR FLYING OBJECT IN THIS AREA DURING APPLICABLE PERIOD. 1. EXISTENCE OF PHISICAL EVIDENCES NONE. 20/21542 JUL RJWFDS