Port Lavaca, TexasAugust 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 Port Lavaca, Texas in August 1958. The full case file (3 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

Port Lavaca, 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

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 4 August 1958
5. LOCATION: Port Lavaca, Texas
12. CONCLUSIONS: [X] Was Balloon, [ ] Probably Balloon, [ ] Possibly Balloon, [ ] Was Aircraft, [ ] Probably Aircraft, [ ] Possibly Aircraft, [ ] Was Astronomical, [ ] Probably Astronomical, [ ] Possibly Astronomical, [ ] Other, [X] Insufficient Date for Evaluation, [ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank], GMT 04/1730Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual, [ ] Air-Visual, [ ] Ground-Radar, [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

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

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2 mins
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: Westward

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Cigar shaped obj, seemed to be made of stainless steel & seemed to move side-ways.

11. COMMENTS: Possible a/c sighting; however cannot conclude with limited data given.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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