Carswell AFB, TexasMarch 1961

Unidentified

Summary

On March 12, 1961, observers at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, reported round, bright silver objects. The objects were the size of nickels and appeared side by side. They were seen directly overhead at about 40,000 feet.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the comments said the objects were probably high-flying aircraft. Convair is located at Carswell, and B-58 aircraft were being flown there at the time. The conclusion pointed to aircraft.

Reported location

Carswell AFB, Texas

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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| : . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD g |
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| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
, 3 Was Balloon
| 12 Mar 61 Carswell AFB, Texas QB Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP © TYPE OF OBSERVATION B Foweity |
FRE ES Ground-Visual © Ground-Rader Mee re Rireratt 1)
ont... 1222125 _— 0 Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
8 No Milit 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION " NUMBER OF OBJECTS i COURSE mg perros |
‘ 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
0 Unknown |
3 mon 5 min, 2 PO REE perry
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, bright silver 11. COMMENTSObjts were probably highflying
i objects. Size of nickles. Appeared side by afc. Convair 1s located at Carswell and
side. Appeared directly overhead at 40,000". they are presently flying B-58 afc. This
3 One obJjt disappeared going straight up; ond | is & relatively large delta-winged plane
3 disappeared going southward. Opjts side by and could appear as a disc at high al-
side for several minutes; then they separate titude. It is not unusual that highflying
| as described above. a/c are not heard. Objts of this sight-
1 ing were probably afc.
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1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991834