Texarkana, TexasDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 5, 1957, near Texarkana, Texas, a civilian reported seeing six white lights with no visible shape traveling northwest to southeast for ten to twelve minutes. The lights were also sighted by aircraft in the area but made no radio contact. An aircraft refueling operation was underway at the time. The Air Force concluded the sighting was likely caused by a KC-97 type aircraft refueling a B-47 type aircraft, as there were no astronomical features that could explain the observation of a non-existent object.

Reported location

Texarkana, Texas

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 December 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
CMT 06/00502

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
XB No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10-12 minutes

2. LOCATION
Texarkana, Texas

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
B:Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
XB Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
six

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
XB Possibly Balloon

[] X Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft

[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical

[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

9. COURSE
NW to SE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Six white lights, no visible shape, also sighted by aircraft but no contact.

11. COMMENTS
KC-97 type aircraft refueling AB-47 type aircraft in area at time of sighting. Concur with reporting officer sighting was aircraft.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975753