Levelland, TexasNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 7, 1957, a civilian near Levelland, Texas reported an unusual object in the night sky. The sighting lasted about 30 minutes. The object looked like two basketballs, one sitting on top of the other, with a horizontal bar between them. It had two antenna-like parts on the bottom, with the left one longer than the right. The top was red and the bottom was blue-white. Witnesses said it moved, stopped, then moved again.

The object headed to the south-southwest. The report came from local people, including a city police unit. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The Air Force listed the case as probably astronomical. Officers noted that Venus was very bright at the time and sat in almost the same position as the reported object. A wing operations officer thought the witnesses saw an aircraft or a balloon. The card noted the sighting happened near an earlier widely reported event in the same area.

Reported location

Levelland, 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

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te ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | NEL
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Woes Balloon ;
7 November 1957 Levelland, Texas a iy L4 bn
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a :
9 DO Wos Aireroft
(TT | [PP ——— 303: Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rodor 0 Probably Airereft
emt 08/02004 PAS Y L101 — 0 Air Visuel O Air-Intercept Rador . Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS ; . SOURCE 0 _ Was Astronomical Venus 7
O Yes 5 XProbobly Astronemicol :
: . de O Possibly Astronomical i
3BNe Civilian i
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOT ec ii———
O Insufficient Date for Eveluotion
0 Unknown A
| 30 migutes one SSE / ae
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object with appearance of 2 basketballs|, Venus now SO bright that news-
i one sitting on top of other; a horizon- papers are commenting. In almost
tal bar separating the two balls, Two exact position of object sighted
4 antenna-like protuusions oi hottoma w/ Also this sighting occurred in
i left one longer than the right. Red vicinity of widely publicised
on top, blue-white on bottom, Moved, sighting of < November, Could
stopped, moved. be suggestive and cannot be rule
out. R
| BRA : |
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 4
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974191