Amarillo AFB, TexasJuly 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 11, 1958, at Amarillo Air Force Base in Texas, a military observer reported a silver and shiny object that looked like a jet aircraft tumbling and over end. The object straightened out and shortly began a wobbly climb and climbed well above a B-36 aircraft at 22,000 feet and went out of sight. The observation lasted several minutes. The witness stated that since the B-36 did not report the object, it must have been something unknown. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Amarillo AFB, Texas

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 11 Jul 58

2. LOCATION: Amarillo AFB, Texas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [11/1913Z] GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Viewed

5. PHOTOS: Yes, No

6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: several mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: climbing

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Silver & shiny obj, looked like a jet a/c tumbling end over end, obj straightened out & shortly began a straight climb & climbed well above B-36 at 22,000 ft & out of sight.

11. COMMENTS: Since the B-36 did not rpt the obj, it must have been something unknown.

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon; Was Aircraft R/C losses, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft; Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical; Other, Insufficient Data for Eveluation, Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978879