Ozona, TexasOctober 1959

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Summary

On October 28, 1959, an object was watched for about seven hours near Ozona, Texas. Both civilians and military personnel observed it, from about 1300Z to 2000Z. They measured its position with binoculars and a surveyor's transit.

The object was a sphere about the size of a pinhead at arm's length, silver and red, and appeared to have two red projections. It moved slowly, roughly with the moon but slightly faster. The witnesses recorded its changing azimuth and elevation through the transit. A T-33 jet was vectored to the area but made no identification.

The recorded positions matched the location of the planet Venus during the sighting. The Air Force record card lists the case as astronomical, identified as Venus. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Ozona, Texas

Date of incident

October 1959

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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3 TRENTRENTN PTR I RTS Mrs res
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE | LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Woes Balloon
ao 28 Oct 59 Ozona, Texas O Probably Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Vi 2 D Was Aircraft
Leah) dei lee | a Ler fag Crind fo QO Probably Aircraft
ur28/13007 = 20007 ESE hid 5 TEADSLE,: poder |O Post Aireraft
S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE pad Was Astronomicol Venus
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No civilian & Military gC Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9: COURSE RE rey
E ash cient Data for Evaluatiot
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7.hrs
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
silver & red obJ w/two red projections Positions correspond to location
| observed for T hrs. Azimuth & elevs thru of Venus during the sighting.
surveryors transit. Visual sighting wf
binoculars. T=33 yectored to ares without --
| jdentification.
ATIC FORM 329 (REY 26 SEP 37)
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