Wolfe City, TexasSeptember 1960

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On September 28, 1960, a civilian near Wolfe City, Texas, reported an object due east of the town between about midnight and 1 a.m. local. The witness, an Air Force reservist, described an object with the general appearance of a star or planet that pulsated from white to orange, red, and green. It moved from about 45 degrees above the horizon down to about 20 degrees, then appeared to hover, bob, and dart side to side, with occasional bright white flashes. He said it moved faster and changed direction more suddenly than any aircraft and ruled out a satellite or missile. Three other witnesses also saw it. The Air Force asked for more information but received no reply. The card noted no conclusion could be drawn, except a possible sighting of the planet Jupiter with atmospheric refraction, which was also reported from several other southern states during this period.

Reported location

Wolfe City, Texas

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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ons@ag)NmEly PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE I, LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
29 S + O Was Boll
9 Sep 60 Wolfe City, Texas 0 i VY
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION I Peavey Save
Local I is [i Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor a hace {ny A
GMT 29/0600-0700Z a AirVisval O Air-Intercep? Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE DOD Wos Astronomical :
oy OD Probably A i
B a Civilian D Possibly Assrensonont
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE aio BAIR SET a
@ Insufficient Date for Evaluation
La one | varied 0 Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Motion pulsating. Appeared from 45° altitude Request for additional information sent.
to horizon. No direction given. Had general No reply. No conclusion can be drawn on
appearance of star or planet. Occasional information given, except that possible
flashes of bright white light. Also no state- sighting of Jupiter with atmospheric
ment as to motion other than that it moved refraction caused object to fluctuate.
Taster than a/c at times and appeared to Jupiter also reported from several
change direction suddenly. other southern states during this time
period.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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