Chase Field, Beeville, TexasDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Chase Field, Beeville, Texas in December 1957. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 31.

Reported location

Chase Field, Beeville, Texas

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

as | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
hase Field, Beeville, Texas|O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Ballaen
By yf Te ee a NAN, Ei O Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aver oft
cMT___13/23182 XAir Visual O AirIntercept Radar | DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS » SOURCE Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
x8 No Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOWE cr ile
1st 2-3 seconds | B thagttierens Data for Evaluation
2nd 3-4 seconds two West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Two objects described as shooting star | Objects were without doubt meteors,
or comets tail, size of dime, color The Geminids are very prominent ~
brilliant white, Objects had exhaust this time of year,
4 to 5 times as large as object, had
tail 12 to 15 times as long as dia- i
meter,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 352)
3 | : 5
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976127

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Places

Chase Field, Beeville, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-12-01