Balmorehea, TexasNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Balmorehea, Texas in November 1957. The full case file (5 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 30.

Reported location

Balmorehea, Texas

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : | |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: A 0 Wos Bolloon |
19 November 1957 Balmorehea, Texas 0 Probably Balloon |
S CarnTiNE BREUE. “UU Tree of DEsERVATION XT 0 Possi bly Balloon E
. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ;
RY a is a Cr SE Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 0 ha he hod ¢
CYS JOT) 7h Linocula rs 0 it oly rosie
OMT. 20/02887Z Ri 0 XivVisial ©" 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5.. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Q Yes 0 Probobly Astronomicol
‘HH No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION © | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CRE ER RA
DB“ lasufficient Dota for Evaluation
o : Ae A 0 Unrknown
206 minutes one descending |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object size & shape of football, red, | An object sesn for almost 1/2
: white and green, dines through ceater | hour with apparently little or
of object, no movement, would normally sug-
gest a star, planet, or slow mov-
ing balloon, Since no direction,
amimuth or elevation given, there |
is ansufficient data upon which
to proceed,
Li a le isin
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974985

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Places

Balmorehea, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-11-01