Comfort, TexasDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 8, 1957, a civilian observer in Comfort, Texas reported seeing twelve round objects about the size of a pinhead with bright lights. The objects stood still and remained visible for ten minutes. The observer initially thought they were stars. Ground observation was conducted around 8:35 a.m. local time. The Civil Air Patrol was contacted. Officials determined the sightings were probably parachutes from weather balloons in the area because they appeared to stand still due to great distance from the observer. A helicopter from Kerrville, Texas had recovered weather instruments from a balloon to the east of Kerrville around the same time. No unusual radar sightings were detected. The Air Force evaluation was inconclusive.

Reported location

Comfort, Texas

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
8 December 1957

2. LOCATION
Comfort, Texas

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 08/17352

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
12

9. COURSE
stood still

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Twelve objects, round, size of pin head, color bright lights, observer thought they were stars.

11. COMMENTS
Concur with CAA, probably parachutes which appeared to stand still because of great distance from observer.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other, parachutes
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975908