Cedar Hill, TexasFebruary 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On February 27, 1956, at 4:10 a.m. local time, a civilian in Cedar Hill, Texas reported observing an egg-shaped object with golden yellow coloring. The object moved straight up and then went out. The sighting lasted three to four minutes and involved one object. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a probable balloon launched from one of many local airfields. The description and rising flight pattern supported this balloon analysis.

Reported location

Cedar Hill, Texas

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
27 February 1956
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 28/0410Z

2. LOCATION
Cedar Hill, Texas
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3-4 minutes

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

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

9. COURSE
Went up

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Egg shaped object. Color golden yellow then red. Object went straight up and then went out.

11. COMMENTS
Probable balloon launched from one of many local airfields. Description and rising flight support this analysis.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964964