Dallas, TexasApril 1959

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Summary

On April 5, 1959, in Dallas, Texas, a witness reported a bright object in the sky around the evening hours. The observer was watching a B-47 aircraft when the object was noticed.

The object was round and about the size of a dime. It changed from shiny silver to deep red. It started as one object but appeared to break into three major pieces with no set formation. It was at about 75 degrees elevation. After breaking up and turning deep red, it faded from sight. The object was visible for about 32 minutes. The weather was clear with good visibility.

The report noted a newspaper article about a meteor seen over California the same night. The record card concluded the witness probably saw the planet Mars, with a very high haze layer causing the appearance of breaking up and fading. The long time the object was visible and its apparent lack of motion supported this, and Mars was at a matching position.

Reported location

Dallas, Texas

Date of incident

April 1959

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Balloon
5 fn» §° Dallas, Texas 00 Probably Bolloon :
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ww Taney ve.
1 0c 0 Was Aircraft
TT GROOT ole ok A RS DRA IS PR 0:Ground- Visual a Ground-Rador oo ty Magy oA
dn ppp, O Probably Aircroft
GMT 20. Chl 020 - nb 0 Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical :
C Yes O Probobly Astronomical
Ne (vd lion 0. Possibly Astronomical |."
17. LENGTH OF CRSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE ERR Re a
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ai " SP i SE od 0 Unknown
30 nins 1 breaking into one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd obj, size of dime, turned fm shiney Ime witness probably saw the planet
4 silver to decp red. One obj broke into three | Mars, A very high haze layer is prob-
; major objs. No definite formation, ably responsible for the iliusion that
the obj broke up, and for its fading,
The long pericd of time that the obj
was visible & apparent absence of
motion supports this conclusion, Mars
was at a pesition coincident with that
rptd by the witness.
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