Houston, TexasNovember 1953

Unidentified

Summary

On November 27, 1953, at 2:30 p.m. in Houston, Texas, a civilian witness reported seeing five metallic objects that formed the letter C in the sky. The objects appeared to move straight upward before vanishing. The observation lasted five to eight minutes and was made from ground level. The witness reported that the objects moved with alternating patterns and eventually went straight up and gradually disappeared. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a balloon or possible cluster balloon.

Reported location

Houston, Texas

Date of incident

November 1953

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
27 NOV 53 27/2030Z

3. SOURCE
CIVILIAN

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
FIVE

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5-8 min

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
ground visual

7. COURSE
up

8. PHOTOS
D Yes
[X] No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
D Yes
D No

8. LOCATION
Houston, Texas

10. CONCLUSION
BALLOON
POSSIBLE CLUSTER BALLOON

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
5 objs (metallic), formed letter C. Appeared to go straight up before disappearing.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28956937