Texarkana, TexasJune 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On June 8, 1954, at about 1:00 a.m. near Hooks, Texas, a civilian arsenal employee reported one object for about two minutes. He described a circular object about the size of a washtub at 5,000 to 10,000 feet, moving downward at a rapid rate from the northeast toward the southwest over his house. The object was bright golden yellow, had no tail like a comet, and made a peculiar sound. About two minutes after it passed, he heard an explosion in the direction of the Red River Arsenal. That night, fragmentation cluster bombs had exploded in a revetment at the arsenal. Officials noted a minor electrical storm and a possible link in timing. The witness was judged reliable. The Air Force conclusion was unidentified.

Reported location

Texarkana, Texas

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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1 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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E 1. DATE [2 LOCATION ) 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 ed Zid AHS RA
E Crh Ae | p55 TH VER 4 v / O Wos Balloon
i 8 June 1954 | Texarlana, Texas QJ Probably Bolloon
© | 3. DATE-TIME GROLP "LTTYPE OF OBSERVATION Se Ramo CE
3 A100 : K 0 Was Alcroft
4 Le HX Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rodar 8 Plobasly Afrrats
PR PR :
E 7 fer ASAD BY AE a ee 1 Air Visuol 0 Air-intercspt Rador O Possibly Aircroft
3 5. PHOTOS i SOURCE 0 Woes Astronomical
3 0 Yaes 0 Probably Astronomical
i & Ne | Civilian : 0 Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EX Other _IRITDENTTFIED
3 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
3 2 Minutes One NE to SW po Uauewm
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
[ Circular object about the size of a wash tub, UNIDENTIFIED
4 at 5 = 10,000 ft altitude movine downward at
1 a rapid rate of speed from the ME to the SW,
q Object was bright golden y=ilow, had no tail,
3 Mzde peculiar sound. Two minutes after it
4 disappeared from sight ther+ was an explosion
3 in direction of an arsenal id =f tne source's
E home.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958496