Estacado, TexasJune 1954

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 Estacado, Texas in June 1954. 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 21.

Reported location

Estacado, Texas

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

SROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
ARSE CE J SS ES SE Ae Sa REBEL Es EE ER eB ERR EE 2
1. DATE tL LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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1A T 2 or) i 0 Wos Balloon
LO dune 1LYH4 { :»acado. Texas O Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | i. 779 OF OBSERYATION ali CORN BY: Bion
Local _2L09CST (nu 0 Greund-Visval BO Craund Reader 0 Was Aieroft
3 1/03C97 | 1 Probably Aircrofy
of pata at rhe We TERA Te RR TI | ITAim Visual QO Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS Bias SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
| OO Yes i O Probably Astronomicol
8 No i Military 00 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [3 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE YM Other ol tUTELD
1 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
| i Gm fp TAIT [118 \ lB fe; 8 Unknown
| 30 Seconds { : W to BE
ee ———— i ————————————————————et ee Se et eee eee ete Ee ———— eee eee AA et
110, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object white light, observed to come from UNIDEITIFIED
vary high alt. and almost touched ground,
Speed 50 ~500K, Blinked, tlien went out,
| | pLy slowed down, made two 300 deg turns,
F
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958527

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Estacado Estacado, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1954 1954-06-01