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UFO case file · UFO-35138

Austin unidentified aerial event — July 11, 1967

CE1United States1967-07-11

Austin, Texas, United States

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Case description

Ni SPKLZIFICALLY NOTIGED THIS HUMMING SOUND FROM THE CAR-OR AT'I'ER 'I'll}: LIP Gi'i'llNG. (8) IJI-i OBJECT OBSERVED APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FOLL(_1\.'.'[:-.'G A PR.:»i>En'l'Y LINE AS A TYPE 01" GENERAL STAI31LITY OR PLANNING OR MOTION \'.'AS DISCERN-[BLE. WHILE APPROACHING OVERCAST CLOUDS, IT SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED INTO THE CLOUDS. (4) ANGLE OF ELEVATION 45 APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES. (5) ANGLE OF ELEVATION 315 APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES. (6) DESCRIPTION OF FLIGHT PATH: THE OBJECT TRAVELED FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON IN APPROXIMATELY 45 SECONDS. LATER IT CONTINUED ALONG THE ORIGINAL FLIGHT PATH AT THE ORIGINAL SPEED UNTIL COMPLETELY OUT OF SIGHT. (8) THE BEST THING WE NOTICED WAS THAT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS WAS NOT THE SAME AS THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. (?) APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES DIFFERENT.) (9) IT APPEARED ALONG A SMOOTH CURVED FLIGHT PATH AND FADING OR VANISHING TOTALLY. (10) DISAPPEARANCE - SWIFT DIMMING CLOUDS IN THE SKY. (11) NO VISIBLE TAIL - NO LONGER THAN ABOUT 5-6 MINUTES. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 9 HOURS AFTER THE ACTUAL SIGHTING. STANFORT EXPLICITLY STATED THAT HE OBSERVED NEITHER LIGHTINING NOR ANY CLOUD PAGE 3 RUWTPGAOAG UNCLAS BANKS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE SIGHTING. HE ARED CONVER- TIBLE WITH 2 PASSENGERS HAD JUST PASSED BY AND STOPPED BEYOND A SMALL HILL. HOWEVER, HE WOULD HAVE APPROACHED THESE PEOPLE HAD HE NOTICED ANY ATTEMPT ON THEIR PART TO SIGNAL THE OBJECT. COULD SEE NO REASON WHY THE 2 PEOPLE IN THE NEARBY CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE OBSERVED WHAT HE ALSO REPORTING. AS IS REPORTED BY MR. M******* HAD BEEN OUT RIDING IN HIS VW AND HAD STOPPED TO LET HIS ST. It appears to be a questionnaire or report form filled out by an observer who witnessed an unidentified flying object. Where were you when you saw the object?

Recorded details

Local time
0312
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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