Dallas, TexasJune 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On June 20, 1956, near Dallas, Texas, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for about three seconds.

The object was delta wing shaped and about the size of a dime held at arm's length. It was dark in color. It had six jets in its tail, with the middle one appearing larger. The exhaust was greenish. At first the witness thought it was a meteor. The object was about 25 degrees above the horizon when seen. It descended rapidly, then faded after about three seconds.

The sky was dusk over north Dallas. The Air Force concluded on its Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, that the object had a tail or trail. Based on the description, duration, course, and color, the conclusion was that the sighting was in all probability a meteor.

Reported location

Dallas, Texas

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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! PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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20 June 1956 Dallas, Texas DO Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Hc SovgRy hyllach |
Local —_— XXo Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar H Probobly Alveraft
OME 20 /02138% D Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0D Was Astronomical Meteor
0 Yes QR XProbably Astronomical !
No Civilian i O Possibly Astronomical f
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Br Omer ny ean hii
/ 8 Haicient Dota for Evaluation
three seconds one descending Uh gash
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One data wing object, the size of a The description cof the object, ih
dime held at arms length, dark in fact that it had a tail (or trail},
color, Six jets intail one in middle |the duration of the sighting, the
| seemed to be bigger and the exhaust course of the object, and the
was a greenish color, Object was 25 color indicatethat this sighting
| 48 | dgr above horizon at sighting, descend- / was in all probability generat
ing rapidly, and then faded after ted by a meteor,
three secoms of observation.
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