Waxahachie, TexasMay 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Waxahachie, Texas in May 1959. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 36.

Reported location

Waxahachie, Texas

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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- PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD fet,
: I. DATE 2. LOCATION al 12. CONCLUSIONS
E : 0 Was Balloon
i (57 Me oi a wahackid MASH 0 Probably Balicon
8 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION § | messin Dailoch
a 07/0200 RYT § 0 Was Aircraft
i Local tee 2 SE yasuels 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
4 CMT sd EAC 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intsrcept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
BE 5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
i O Yes O Probably Astronomical
3 oO No Ot liar 0 Possibly Astronomical
bE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION A RUNBER OE OBUEGTS: | 9: COURSE: ~ 1 = it) Other ao phe vy
4 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i by : 5 0 Unknown
FE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E A bright vhite light w/no definite shape Mme motion of this obj & its
4 Lze of gd dine & moving at a high rate o r apparent veloeit ana Eis an 5
BE OL ‘sight to the: South.
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i i ATIC FORM 329 (RXV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983227

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Places

Texas Waxahachie, TX

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-05-01