7 Miles NNW of Sanderson, Tex, September 1957September 1957

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Summary

On September 24, 1957, a civilian witnessed a round object the size of a big ball with red color near 7 miles north-northwest of Sanderson, Texas. The sighting lasted approximately five minutes and was observed from a car. An Air Force investigation checked with U.S. Weather Service and found that a weather balloon was released at 5:30 p.m. CST from Big Spring Station. The investigation concluded this was probably what was sighted. The Air Force evaluation determined the sighting was a balloon.

Reported location

7 Miles NNW of Sanderson, Tex, September 1957

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
24 September 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Least 1845Z
GMT 25/0145Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
approx 5 minutes

2. LOCATION
7 Miles NNW of Sanderson, Texas

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Aircraft
Binoculars
Air-Interest Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
not given

12. CONCLUSIONS
Unknown
Probably Balloon
Possibly Aircraft
Was Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
A round object the size of a big ball & red in color was sighted from a car.

11. COMMENTS
Check with U.S. WX indicates a balloon was released at 5:30 pm CST at Big Spring-Station. This is probably what was sighted.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971786