Dallas, TexasMay 1960

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Summary

On May 16, 1960, a witness near Dallas, Texas, saw an object in the sky. The time was between about 8:50 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. local time.

The object was diamond-shaped. The witness compared its size to a small aircraft at 6,000 to 8,000 feet. It glowed red and was outlined with about 20 to 25 round lights. The witness estimated its speed at about three to four times the speed of a jet aircraft.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said it was possible the witness saw a meteor breaking up.

Reported location

Dallas, Texas

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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TE RE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Ball
16 May 60 Dallas, Texas JA HN
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ". TORY. ween
Local SER AA  Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar b do Rn og AM
: GMT 1703002 60 0 AirVisval 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS . « SOUR e BE a
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Be in §
§ 5 - a {ih tl Data for Evaluation
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ; RI,
| Diamond-shaped object, size compared to J3 a/c | It is possible the witness saw a meteor
at 6-8000 ft, glowing red, outlined with aprox | breaking up. |
20 to 25 round lights. Speed aprox 3-4 times |
speed of jet a/c. Flight path in straight line,
no maneuvers.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986881