UFO case file · UFO-35663
Acton Texas 12563 reported cigar cylinder observation — October 24, 1968
Acton Texas 12563
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The second photograph shows another rural landscape with a field and fencing in the foreground, and mountains or hills visible in the background. data/scanned/1960s_scanned/1968-11-6981935-Acton-Texas-12563-.pdf3.txt FORM 14 PROJECT BLUE BOOK UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT 1. OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. Any other pertinent information: WITNESSES WERE WORKING ON A RANCH WHEN THEY FIRST OBSERVED THE OBJECTS. About 1 mile west of Acton, the undersigned observed a brilliant white light in the northern sky at an estimated altitude of 1,500 feet. After moving approximately 1 mile, the light stopped abruptly and then began oscillating or pulsating. The light then began moving in a northerly direction at a high rate of speed and disappeared from sight. The undersigned has been a resident of Acton, Texas for the past 17 years and has never observed any similar phenomenon. 14 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS EVALUATION OF PROJECT BLUE BOOK SPECIAL REPORT NO. There is a small, oblong-shaped object in the sky above the field, which appears to be some kind of unidentified flying object (UFO). M. was driving home from town when she noticed an object in the sky. She stopped the car and observed the object for about 5 minutes. It moved slowly in a straight line across the sky and then disappeared from view.
Recorded details
- Local time
- 4:10 P.M.
- Craft description
- Cigar / Cylinder; Light Formation
- Coordinate precision
- LOCALITY
- Date precision
- EXACT_DAY