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Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls Texas, May 1951

Date of account
1951-05
Location
Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls Texas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 4May51 Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls Texas 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. .TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft Locol 05/0230Z 口 Probably Aircraft D AirVisua! O Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYos 口 ProbablyAstronomical CrNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other-... Birds Insufficient Data for Evaluation 30 seconds 口 Unknown Ten to15 BETONW 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Objects believed to be solid with reflected Evaluated as a flock of birds. light resembling a soft,fluorescent glow. All traveling in same direction, but moving independently with the formation. Repel one another in much the sane fashion.Night clear and no sound.No kmown altitude. ATIC FORM

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