Richmond, TexasMay 1952

Unidentified

Summary

The OCR text for this case is severely degraded throughout pages 2 through 12, making it impossible to extract reliable factual details beyond what appears on page 1. While the cover sheet indicates a sighting in Richmond, Texas in May 1952 observed by a high school student, and notes the object was yellowish in color, erratic in motion, and lasted 12 seconds, the handwritten questionnaire responses are almost entirely illegible in the scan. Key details such as exact time of day, observer location, direction of travel, altitude, and interpretation of the sighting cannot be confidently read. The file concludes that the sighting was unidentified. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, spanning 12 pages.

Reported location

Richmond, Texas

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

TX / US

Page count

12 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 12

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P1ooATe ( | 2. LOCATION ( {12. CONCLUSIONS |
bo lia 52 Richmond, Texas 0 Vos Dalian
| | a——— NC RRR © SU a Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME SROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION =i Possibly Belloon
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WCE ie 0332 Csi PRESTR, {8Ground Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Wos Aircrate
0) & > 0 Probably Aircraft
Gy. OVO |G AinVigd O Air-Intercapt Rodar | 0 Possibly Aircrafs
's. PHOTOS i I'6. SOURCE 10 Was Astronomical!
O Yeo High school student (1 Probably Astronomical |
: Poo dis Ha HEE AR AT Hn EEE [- Possibly Astronomicel 1u,Luh000
| 7. LENGTH CF UBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |o TR NR DA SRT I
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
12 seconds 1 10 Unknown
! SRR AS SERRE EEE, ERA SONY CNR BORN
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING COMMENTS CHO AR ERR
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Yellowish color. lio tal. Erratic. Observer had been looliing ior nceteors.
: Pozalbly meteor - except observer Cleor night.
hed been observing meteors. :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941796