Vicinity Waco, TexasMay 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 9, 1960, a single witness near Waco, Texas, saw an object in the sky at dusk. The card lists the sighting as a ground visual observation of one object.

The object looked long and possibly pointed. It had no visible wings or tail. The witness said it appeared about 20 times as large as a B-47 aircraft. The object's color could not be determined. The witness watched it for a short time.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. Because there was only one witness, the Air Force classified the report as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Vicinity Waco, Texas

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon |
9 May 60 Vicinity Waco, Texas Ee Een |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION . VOumTY wun |
O Was Aircraft
Local & HM Ground-Visval (o] WO Q Probably Aircraft
GMT 1 Z May 0 AirVisual Q Air-Intercept Radar | O rousmy Nvemw Le
5. PHOTOS . . O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomicol
; B Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 1D ION ciionuiiisnsimiiiamm saison
Of Insufficient Data for Evaluation
} sec one E then N 0 Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i 11. COMMENTS .
Long, possibly pointed object, no wings or tall] Since there was but one witness this
visible, appeared to be aprox 20 times as large| report is classified as insufficient data
as a B-47. oighting at dusk. Color not determ-| The object was possibly an af, 2lthough
ined due to sun reflecting off object. laze none were reported in the areca. Witness
layer present, Witness heard jet and locked ups| claimed to hear sound of jet. Any object
20 times the czize of a p-L7 would have :
nc doubt been witnesses by others over a |
city the size of Waco.
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