Hereford, TexasNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 6, 1957, witnesses at Hereford, Texas, reported a light in the sky around midnight. The report reached the Air Force through a letter from a local attorney. The sighting lasted only a few seconds.

The light moved at a very high rate of speed from north to south. It was about the size of a football. The witness said it did not look very high but was brighter than usual and traveled in a straight course. The attorney's letter also mentioned other reports from the same period near Levelland, Palo Duro Canyon, and White Sands, including an account of a vehicle whose engine and lights failed as an object passed overhead, giving off heat.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force replied that the reported sightings in the Levelland area produced complex and variable data that needed more study, and sent the witness a questionnaire. The card lists the conclusion as a meteor, which the witness himself believed it to be.

Reported location

Hereford, Texas

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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oh PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD LA
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Woes Balloon
6 November 1957 Hereford, Texas S Lat +L thon
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TT
GMT 07/0600Z O Air Visuel O Air-Intercopt Rader 0 Possibly Aireraft
s.. PHOTOS . (XXWas Astronomicel MO tOOYX
O Yes O Probably Astrenomicel
XXX No | Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
i A Beihai
7. LENGTH OF ORSERVATION silos omni |  m—— 6 dt rym Deta for Evaluation ;
: 0 Unknown
few seconds one South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Light which didn't look to be too high Believed to be meteor by witness,
moving at terrific rate of speed from
North to South, In sight for a few
seconds, Size of football, Believed
to be some sort of meteor but brighter 3) |
than usual and traveled im straight /
course ® N k
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974001