Pecos, TexasJune 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Pecos, Texas in June 1958. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 33.

Reported location

Pecos, Texas

Date of incident

June 1958

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

Re Sa a : A AN TH V0 50 Ire 7 re Se FS
Gb
eo PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ;
O Was Balloon
18 Jun 58 Pecos, Texas 0 ipl 4 pent
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION THR
I ii ibcisinasicuiamnsiind XGround- Vi sual O Ground-Rader 8 Probably Aircraft
curl8/10147 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | © Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . {IX Was Astronomical Venus
O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
: QA NNo : Civilian ODO Possibly Astronomical :
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE DIG iene
OD Insufficient Data for Evaluation
A 0 Unknown
50 mins ore NtoE & Up
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Rnd obj, size of dime, white to red Venus was located at lodegrees |
: w/bright orange in between, East elevation 100degrees azimuth at
going Soith changing to North to the time of report it was just |
East & straight up. rising in the "East & would dis®
: appear w/incre:sed brightness of |
the Eastern sky as the sun rose,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
: E |
| |
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di or Fé

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978552

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Places

Pecos, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-06-01