Marshall, TexasOctober 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On October 10, 1955, a long shaft-shaped silver object with no vapor trails was reported near Marshall, Texas. The object was observed flying in a northwest direction with very erratic motion at altitudes estimated between 35,000 and 40,000 feet. One witness was a civilian who reported the sighting to the Marshall Texas News Messenger. The object became invisible during the sighting. A weather balloon launch occurred at the station at 8:15 a.m., but the officer at the station did not believe the balloon could be the sighting. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Marshall, Texas

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 10 Oct 55
2. LOCATION: Marshall, Texas
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkboxes for] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local ___, GMT 10/18052Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [Checkboxes for] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [Checkbox] Yes, [Checkbox] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [blank]
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Long shaft shaped obj, silver, no vapor trails, no sound, flt very erratic.

11. COMMENTS: Insufficient data for evaluation.

AFIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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