Lamesa, TexasOctober 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On October 3, 1956, a military aircrew near Lamesa, Texas saw one bright metallic gold object. It looked round or oblong, about the size of a dime at arm's length, and had an exhaust trail. The crew saw it from the cockpit of a C-54 aircraft. The object passed out of sight directly overhead, blocked by the canopy. It was in view for only about one second.

The pilot and co-pilot were named in the report and described as reliable. The crew tried to match the object to known flights and weather balloons, but found no match. The report was filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for analysis because the object was seen for only one second.

Reported location

Lamesa, Texas

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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i 4 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i hs |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
D Was Balloon |
3 QGctobar 1956 Lamesa, Texas 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EIT Teeey Doves
0 Woes Aircraft
Locol eimai D Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar G-<Probably Aircraft
CURE Ta vA is 4 Air Vi suol 0 Air-Intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably. Astronomical
£1 No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BEE oma
+X Insufficient Data for Evaluation
A 00 Unknown
ons second one unknown A
19. BRIE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING HEY 11. COMMENTS :
One round or obiong bright metallic Insufficient dota for analysis.
(gold) object, size of a dime at arm's| object viewed for one second,
length, An exhaust trail was noted
with the object. Object was observed
air visually from the cockpit of a
C-54d, Object passed out of sight dire-
ctly overhead due to the canopy.
Object was observed for one second.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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