Temple, TexasJuly 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On July 31, 1956, around 8:20 a.m. local time, a civilian in Temple, Texas, reported a single object. The sighting lasted about one and a half to two minutes. The object was seen toward the west-southwest, about 30 degrees above the horizon.

The witness, a bookkeeper, described one round, globular object with a sharp outline and no wings or other parts. It was a brilliant, soft, milky white, like a glowing fluorescent lamp. It was about one fifth the size of a full moon, or three or four times larger than Venus. The object moved at a speed equal to or greater than a jet, in level and straight flight. It then slowly dimmed and faded out without breaking up. There was no vapor trail.

The witness later wrote that the object looked like one shown in a film about unidentified flying objects. He also noted a passenger plane crossed the area minutes after the object faded.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably an aircraft.

Reported location

Temple, Texas

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
31 July 1956 Temple, Texas d Rrobobty pallsen |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BAY, A oeh
8]: 20 AM ! DO Was Aircraft
Local = 8%round- Visual 0 Ground-Raedar XX Probably Aircraft
Buy... S1731420% 0 Air Visud 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes (w] Probably Astronomical |
1%No Civilian D Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE JRE) Re A EN APE
(@] hautitetont Data for Evaluation
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15 to 2 minutes one WSS fram
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Hy hi LE COMMENTS
One object round, size one fifth size! In an additional letter by obser
of full moon or 3 or 4 times larger | ver, he states he has seen the |
than Venus, Color brilliant, milkM UF0 film and he states the obiect
white, Similar to a fluorescent lamp.| he saw was exactly like one of
Speed =2qual to or greater than jet the objects in the "Marianna"
a/c, Object slowly dimmed and faded Case, which was resolved as an
EYL a/c. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966494