Houston, TexasJanuary 1958

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Summary

On the night of January 14, 1958, in Houston, Texas, a civilian reported four oval-shaped objects in the night sky. He was in his backyard about 10:30 p.m. using a telescope. He saw the four objects flying one behind the other in a tight formation, very low, crossing his line of sight in less than one minute. The objects were not lit and looked grayish from city lights. He estimated their speed at less than 200 miles per hour and their size at 30 to 40 feet. There was no sound. The account came in a letter sent to a magazine and forwarded to the Air Force. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the objects were probably high-flying jet aircraft in formation. Because the report came as a letter with little data, the Air Force called the record very unreliable.

Reported location

Houston, Texas

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

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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La Janos ! Houston, Texas {mat = robably Balloon
j 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Ia. TYPE OF CBSERVATION a Possidly Balloon
Abht | Chae ir
i a eal nognu | TGround-Vi sual O Ground-Radar a Has Aircraft
ee eer Ah : 1 Probably Aircraft
: CMT Oo AfeVi oat SSCODS Ajr-Intercept Radar E Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : "6. SOURCE {0 Was Astronomical {
0 Yes , {TC Probably Astronomical
I No Civilian | © Possibly Astronomical t
Le a Be eee i Sipeisny 7
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9: COURSE |X Other lnre lil hle Rot
| i | 0 insufficient Data for Evaluation
; \ |= Unknown
1 min four | not given
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS ;
One of three rptd sightings fm a | Possib le a/c in formation. This Tr}
Histter to T1MU magazine. This one Was |was forwarded in the form of a
of four ovals in fo rmatbn obsrved | 1atter to a magazine and did no!
thru a telescope. Estimated speed | receive apy investi ration. RDC
at less than 200 mph, & S ize of ig therefore very unrel iable. Let
| objs at 30-40 ft, Objs flew at low | ter written to 2 observer four
SEED) NO sound. months after observation >xplaini
difficulties in inalysis of this
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