Vicinity Of Witchita Falls, West Texas, January 1951January 1951

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Summary

On January 9, 1951, in the vicinity of Wichita Falls, Texas, many people reported strange lights in the sky. The report is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The sighting lasted up to two hours. Witnesses said the object's shape, color, and speed varied, and its altitude was high. According to the file, the object was claimed to be a balloon released from White Sands, and many people viewed it. It was also claimed to have been chased by aircraft. The file notes many details in the full report.

The Air Force listed its conclusion as a balloon.

Reported location

Vicinity Of Witchita Falls, West Texas, January 1951

Date of incident

January 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE _  |2. LOCATION RG Gy a
Texas XX Wes Balloon |
__WJdan A | Vicinity of Witchita Falla, Weat/S Erobebly Beles
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : 4
; 0 Was Ai fr
: Local as worry Ure MxGround-Visua! 0 Ground-Radar po Probably Aircraft
BE 0 Air-Vi sual EE 0 Air-latercopt Rodar 0 Possibly Aircrcht
S. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE Foci 2 HAP 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
No Many people 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LE/IGTH OF OBSERVATION gE wr i mew 7 RONEN [fF ON :
0 Insufficient Deta fer Evelustion
up to 2 hrs 1 NE 0 Unknown
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING SECA mR
Shaped = Varied. Colr - Varied - Speed - Highf| Evaluated as balloon.
Alt was high. Object claimed to be balloon
released from Vhite Sans was viewed by many
people. Claimed to have bgen chased by a/c,
Yany detailx in report,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SCP 52) oh Ral 1 EEE 5
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28938884