NW of Ft. Worth, TexasJanuary 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On January 16, 1957, northwest of Fort Worth, Texas, two USAF pilots observed round objects alternating bright and dim in light, appearing to give off sparks. The objects maneuvered erratically at very high speed and faded out in the distance after flight appearing to be along side of the observing craft. Both aircraft were in the vicinity northwest of Fort Worth during the incident. A B-25 was dispatched to search with negative results after 4 hours. The observation lasted approximately 17 hours 02 minutes to 20 hours 00 local time (5:02 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.). Duration was not reported. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

NW of Ft. Worth, Texas

Date of incident

January 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
16 January 1957                  NW of Ft. Worth, Texas         [ ] Was Balloon
                                                                [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION (2 sightings)  [ ] Possibly Balloon
Local: 1702/0Z 2000local        [ ] Ground-Visual           [ ] Ground-Radar  [ ] Was Aircraft
GMT: 17/0225Z                   [X] Air-Visual              [ ] Air-Intercept Radar  [ ] Probably Aircraft
                                                                [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       6. SOURCE                      [ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Yes                         2 USAF Pilots                  [ ] Probably Astronomical
[X] No                                                         [ ] Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS    9. COURSE  [ ] Other
not given                       one                            [X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
                                                                [ ] Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                          11. COMMENTS

Two a/c within few miles of each other    Duration not rptd - insufficient
observed round objects, alternating       data for analysis.
bright and dim in light. Appeared to
give off sparks. Maneuvered erratically
at very high speed, and faded out in the
distance after flight appearing to be
along side of observing craft. Both
a/c in vicinity NW of Ft. Worth during
incident. B-25 dispatched to search.
After 4 hour negative results.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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