S of Ft Worth, TexasJanuary 1951

Unidentified

Summary

On January 8, 1951, south of Fort Worth, Texas, a civilian couple and other witnesses reported groups of lights in the sky. The report is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

While driving, the couple saw a series of lights about 1,000 feet up on a vertical plane. The lights formed triangles, two green and one red in each group, making a larger triangle. They saw several such groups to the east and west as well. At first the lights were stationary. Then the main group began moving north toward Fort Worth at an estimated 100 miles per hour or less, while a western group moved at about twice that speed. The lights did not blink and resembled lights on a water tower or radio antenna. As they moved away, a sound like an outboard motor trolling in the distance could be heard. The witnesses watched for about five minutes.

The Air Force listed its conclusion for this case as unidentified.

Reported location

S of Ft Worth, Texas

Date of incident

January 1951

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
Bl Ses Par I RE
0 Was Balloon
8 Jan SL Fira of Ft Worth, Texas O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME CROUP 4 TVPE OF OBSERVATION | Pesdlily Bless
I bonito 0! Ground- Visual O Cround-Rador 0 Was Aircraft
p 0 Probably Aircroft
RL 09/OLL5Z O Air-Visval ~~ O Air-Intercopt Rader UO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE ig TETAS See Ashenenied
} 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical ¢
: PEE LRN Civilian couple and others O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENOTH OF O3SERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |B Other UNIDENTIFIED
Shveral groups © Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
min iis of threes | Varied 0 Unknown
19. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING TIN. CoMMENTS % 5 aE
Triangular groups of lights —~ Color -~ Red and UNIDEITIFIED -
green lights - Size Small - Speed 100 mriy (esy)
Alt - 1000! (est) = Sound like an gf¥f "Out
Board Motor Tolling". Object appeared to .
triangles of three lights in a vertical plane
Several groups of people observed objects.
Hovered and then left the area |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28938887