1.5 Mi S Of Duncanville Texas, July 1958July 1958

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 1.5 Mi S Of Duncanville Texas, July 1958 in July 1958. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 33.

Reported location

1.5 Mi S Of Duncanville Texas, July 1958

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Texas O Was Balloon ]
28 Jul 58 13 Mi S of Duncanville AFS |O Probably Balloon
O Possioly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
I — R6round-Vi 4 O Ground-Radar 8 Brohaty Rverele
omr_28/0630Z A o BARSGu aasddes. Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS . ¥X Was Astronomical MTS
O Yes o Sir 14 ft tb
& No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I IE a iti
a i ie Date for Evaluation
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1 hr 30 mins one stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
Rnd, yellowish brown obj, size of No directions or bearings given; ||
'| pea. Crescent shape fm lower left, however, planet “ars was at 15 dg}
: appeared & disappeared. Brighter than|elevation 270dgr azimuth at ini- |
stars, Had fast zig-zag movement Up tial time of sighting and 1} hrs |
& down, latevhad résen to 35 dgr clevatiotf,
290 dgr azimuth & analysis of astj«
body (Mars) is consistent w/rptd
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979095

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-07-01