Jefferson, TexasNovember 1955

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 Jefferson, Texas in November 1955. 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 24.

Reported location

Jefferson, Texas

Date of incident

November 1955

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

| a PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

¢ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

yi OD Was Balloon

| 7 Nov 55 Jetf=rson, Texas 0 Probably Balloon

* [3 DATE-TIME GROUP k TYPE OF OBSERVATION SI VDE ETA con

. O Was Aircraft

4 Hoval Shiai 1 Ground-Visuel 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircroft

E GMT 07/21002 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft

iP 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical :
BE 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

3 0 No civilian O Possibly Astronomical

"| 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BU: Ole sont a Ly
1 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1 on 1 NE 0 Unknown ;

© [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Spherical obj. Metallic then bluish color. IN SUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.

gE Became white as approached observer. Ob]

4 stopped in mid-air and made u side to side

fe swaying movement. Disappeacsd to the NE and

i at high speed.

if

¥ © ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SXP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964170

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Jefferson Jefferson, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-11-01