4.5 mi SSW of Ft Worth, TexasJuly 1960

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Summary

On July 21, 1960, a civilian and his family on a back porch about 4.5 miles southwest of Fort Worth, Texas saw an object at night. The sighting happened at about 9:40 p.m. and lasted 10 to 12 seconds. The object was round with jagged edges and the size of a pea. It was red and flickered like a star. It wavered up and down along a straight horizontal path. It disappeared instantly into the southwest without fading in size. The weather was clear. Checks with control towers and radar found no jet or conventional aircraft in the area, and there was no physical evidence. The Air Force concluded it was possible the witness saw a meteor.

Reported location

4.5 mi SSW of Ft Worth, Texas

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
4 I. DATE - 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
21 Jul 60 4,5 mi SSW of Ft Worth, Texas 8 Probably Belleen |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TORY S— |
3 LR — & Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor 5 Soy Rovers
3 GMT 22/02402 O AirVisvel O Air-Intercept Rader |O Possibly Meet
1 5S. PHOTOS » SOU - De Aavenentet
! O Yes Probably Astrenomice eon
1 of No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical "se
a —————————————— EE —
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE J TE SEEN
O Insufficient Dore for Evaluation
10-12 sec one W3W 0 Unknown
| [jo sme sommnv or monte [comes
Pound. red object with Jagged edges. size of It is possible the witness saw a meteor.
pea. (bject flickered. wavering up and down
along its straight hcrizontal flight path.
| Disappeared instantanecu:zly into =W without
fading in size.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987930