Over Trent, TexasAugust 1958

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Summary

On August 9, 1958 (10/0458Z), an American Airlines pilot over Trent, Texas, reported an unidentified flying object from a DC-6 aircraft at about 15,000 feet. The pilot described a long, white streak that broke into several pieces, with a trail like a meteor and a bright light. The object showed vertical motion, then burst and faded. It was seen low on the horizon west of Abilene, Texas, and lasted 7 to 8 seconds.

A controller reported no activities in the area to account for the sighting and described it as appearing like a vertical meteor trajectory breaking up into smaller bursts. The Air Force conclusion on the Project 10073 record card was astronomical, listed as undoubtedly a bolide. A bolide is a very bright meteor. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Over Trent, Texas

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
S ver Trent, Texas 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Geiser SEGUE NIG. SOON
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5. ‘PHOTOS y B Was Astronomical \..° 1 01°
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0 Ne ; : OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO iiss
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0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Long, white streak, one breaking into Undoubtedly a bolide.
several, with trail like a meteor,
bright light & vertical motion, Obj
burst & faded,
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