Castorville, TexasOctober 1959

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Summary

On October 1, 1959, in Castorville, Texas, witnesses reported an orange fire-colored, cigar-shaped object with grapefruit-sized feathery edges. The object was oriented vertically and moved very slowly toward the horizon. The sighting lasted 20 minutes. One object was observed. The object disappeared slowly into the horizon. Witnesses reported it was probably an isolated cloud glowing in the rays of the setting sun. The Air Force's preliminary analysis revealed no probable cause of sighting, and the evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Castorville, Texas

Date of incident

October 1959

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
9 Oct 59

2. LOCATION
Castorville, Texas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1800-1852

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Viewed
[ ] Air-Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Military & Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
20 mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
downward

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Orange fire colored, cigar shaped obj, size of grapefruit w/feathery edges. Obj was orientated vertically & moved very slowly/ toward horizon. vertically /

11. COMMENTS
Probably an isolated cloud glowing in the rays of the setting sun.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Aircraft
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Other Prob Cloud
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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