6 miles SW Lometa, TexasApril 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On April 2, 1952, at 2039 (8:39 p.m.) local time, about 6 miles southwest of Lometa, Texas, Air Force officers and a radar team reported a large fireball. A single object was seen. It was orange to silver in color with a white-bluish tail and shaped like a cigar with a tail.

The object first appeared to be heading on an azimuth of about 300 degrees, then turned to about 180 degrees and suddenly disappeared. The report noted other fireball sightings in the area. The Air Force evaluated the case as a meteor.

Reported location

6 miles SW Lometa, Texas

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

TX / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
Fo 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 Apr 52 6 niles SW Lometa, Texas GC Wes Bolloon
es ey ! 8] Probably Balloon
3 DATETIME GROUP [4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION vi NT a—
local... 2039 eer XGround- Visual! 2 Ground-Radar ° Probably Aircraft
| ARRRIREN THERE ho | 0 Air Visudl 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft.
5. PHOTOS ! d 6. SOURCE . , 13 Wos Astronomical }MITI'BOR
O Yes / 5 p 0) Probably Astronomical
o No . AF officers. Radar team 0 Possibly Astronomical
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |D Owher— —.  _ _.__
. 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
1 0 Unknown .
5. BRIEF SUMBARY OF DlOWTWG 3&2 | coments SERA Sa
Orange - silver w/white bluish tail, Appeared to be headed £9V when azimuth :
Cigar w/tail. : was 300 deg but twned to 180° °°
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