Big foot, TexasJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On July 11, 1955, six witnesses near Big Foot, Texas saw one object in the daytime sky. It was round and silvery white. The object appeared to have streamers coming out of it. It flew a straight and level path toward the west. The witnesses watched it for about three hours. This was a civilian, ground visual sighting.

The report was filed on the Air Force record system for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by a balloon. The report said the description of the object, the length of the sighting, and the winds aloft at the time all pointed to a balloon.

Reported location

Big foot, Texas

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

TX / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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a) UFCB INDEX CARD AISS=UFCB-23255 Doel 72. |

| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 2 oh 112. CoNcLusIONS |

| 1 ny 2953 | Big Foot, Texas | sil re |

| | DATETMEGROUP [4 TYPEOF OBSERVATION {0 Possibly Balloon

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| aT EEN CR A | & Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar = Batis fiers

| GMT 11/22207% July 1955 ; 0 Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |

| SOPHRTGS TT gL SOURCE ee OD Was Astronomical

| O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

No | Civilian 8 Possibiy Astronomical :

| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 Cops ————— OWN |

Tie : : a Pctobbid dh Data for Evaluation |

| Approx, three (3) hours - One (1) West 7 halide

~ [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | | |

One (1), round, silvery-white object which The deseription of the object, the dne |

appearsd to have streamers protruding from ration of the sighting, and the winds |

~ 1%, was seen by six (6) observers at Big | aloft at the time of sighting all point

| Boot, Texas, The object "flew® a straight | to the probability of the sighting |
and level path to the west, ve being generated by a balloon, In-tha |

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"| Please-find-a-copy—of-AP-Form-1312 oni |

: AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) | Ce |

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