GUADALUPE PASS, TEXASOctober 1954

Unidentified

Summary

The OCR quality on this file is too poor to support a reliable summary. Large portions of pages 2, 3, and 4 are severely garbled, making it impossible to extract coherent witness statements, investigative details, or conclusions. Pages 6, 7, and 8 appear to be sketches or diagrams that the OCR has rendered as noise.

What can be confirmed from the legible portions: The case involves two sightings reported on October 13 and 14, 1954. One occurred at Guadalupe Pass, Texas, involving a civilian pilot who observed a brilliant round object with no trail traveling at 480 mph from east to west for about 1.5 minutes. The Air Force concluded this sighting was unidentified. A second sighting was reported from Houston, Texas on October 14, described as a white object with reddish-orange glow, which the Air Force evaluated as a possible meteor.

The full case file, consisting of 8 pages as held by the National Archives on microfilm T1206, Roll 21, is reproduced below.

Reported location

GUADALUPE PASS, TEXAS

Date of incident

October 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

4 E \ p E : 3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD 11. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION ; - 13 OCT 54% j J 13/21k52 GUADALUPE PASS, TEXAS | 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION | ATRCRAFT : : CIVILIAN PIIOT : 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 ONE : 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [1]. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS iE | Brilliant, round, no trail, speed - 480 mph. i 1% min 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ese : COMMS NTS: A] Alr Visual Possible a/c. 7. COURSE E to W | 8. PHOTOS | DO Yes T No : 1 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 0 Yes : 00 No FORM FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.