Bigfoot, TexasJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On July 11, 1955, near Big Foot, Texas, six civilian observers reported one object for about three hours. The sighting was seen from the ground.

The object was round and silvery-white and appeared to have streamers coming from it. It flew a straight, level path to the west. It was described as about the size of a quarter held at arm's length.

The Air Force card lists the conclusion as probably balloon. The comments say the object's description, the long duration, and the winds aloft at the time all point to a balloon. The report was forwarded from a Texas air base for evaluation.

Reported location

Bigfoot, Texas

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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: an PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; |
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Z "i 0, . Was Balloon
Lik JRL HS . fae BigFoot, ered FORE G™Prabably Balicon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
| X 2 O Wos Aircraft
Local ET ER A #2 Ground-Visual O Ground-Rodar Bi Prabelily Alrerels
| oMT 11/222 CEE niin 0 Air-Visuai - O Air-Intercept Radar |O Fossibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 8. SQURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes Q Probobly Astronomical :
«Exe civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other _.
: G J D Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
| epprox three hours one West 0 Unknown
i PO dco ci si so iis od
10. BRIEP SUMMARY C7 SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round, silvery-white obj which The description of the obj, the du-
; appeared to have streamers protruding from ration of the sighting, and the winds
it, was seen by six observers at Big aloft at the time sighting all point
Foot, Texas. The obj "flew" a straight to the probability ofthe sighting’
: and level path to the west. being generated by a bdloon.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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