Tampico, Mexico, August 1949August 1949

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On August 7, 1949, a pilot flying from Mexico City to Tampico, Mexico observed a mysterious object near Valles while traveling east toward Tampico at about 7:10 p.m. The object appeared flat on the bottom with a rounded nose and was bright yellow. It had no lights like aircraft, seemed to be trailing pinpoints of fire, and resembled no known aircraft. The pilot watched it for at least five seconds as it traveled at about 350 miles per hour, about 120 feet long and two miles ahead. The object seemed to be traveling slowly and at a constant altitude. No rotating or swirling motion was visible. The Air Force concluded the sighting was an astro phenomenon.

Reported location

Tampico, Mexico, August 1949

Date of incident

August 1949

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 6

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10373 RECORD

1. DATE-TIME GROUP: 07 August 49 03/02L02

2. LOCATION: Tampico, Mexico

3. SOURCE: Civilian

10. CONCLUSION: Astro (Unknown)

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 seconds

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: Object described as being 120 ft long and quite narrow. The color was a pale yellow. It had no lights such as aircraft. It appeared to be flat on the bottom and the nose was rounded. It appeared to be trailing pinpoints of fire. Disappeared behind trees.

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

7. COURSE: South

8. PHOTOS: Yes No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: Yes No

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28936274