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Dallas, Texas, May 1960

Date of account
1960-05
Location
Dallas, Texas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 16 May 60 Dallas, Texas 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 1250 Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 170300z May 6o GMT D AirViswal D Air-intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 8 Probably Astronomicol Meteor Civilian nNo Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS |9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 4-5 sec one NE 口 Unkno wn 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Diamond-shaped object, size compared to J3 a/c It is possible the witness saw a meteor at 6-8oo0 ft,glowing red, outlined with aprox breaking up. 20 to 25 round 1ights. Speed aprox 3-4 times speed of jet a/c. Flight path in straight line, no maneuvers. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26 SRP 52)

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