Loving, TexasDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 8, 1957, a civilian Texas oil field worker in Loving, Texas sighted a round, silver object about the size of a dime. The object faded from sight during an observation lasting one hour. The witness viewed it with binoculars in clear weather. No azimuth, elevation, or flight path was recorded. The Air Force concluded the sighting was insufficient information to evaluate, possibly a balloon or astronomical sighting.

Reported location

Loving, Texas

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
8 December 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 08/2107Z

5. PHOTOS
O Yes
O No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 hour

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round object, silver, size of dime. Faded from sight.

2. LOCATION
Loving, Texas

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
O Ground-Visual
O Ground-Radar
O Air-Visual
O Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
not given

12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
O Probably Balloon
O Possibly Balloon
O Was Aircraft
O Probably Aircraft
O Possibly Aircraft
O Was Astronomical
O Probably Astronomical
O Possibly Astronomical
O Other
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown

11. COMMENTS
No azimuth, elevation, flight path given. Possible balloon or astronomical sighting. Insufficient information.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975912