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PROJECT ONE ZERO SEVEN THREE RECORD CARD ONE. DATE twenty‑eight July nineteen fifty‑eight. LOCATION Texas, five miles south of Duncanville A F S. DATE‑TIME GROUP zero six three zero Z. TYPE OF OBSERVATION local. OBSERVER Q I Y J J. SUMMARY OF SIGNATURE: yellowish‑brown object, size of a pea. Crescent shape from lower left, appeared and disappeared, brighter than stars. Had fast zig‑zag movement, tip down. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one. COURSE: one hour thirty minutes, stationary. CONCLUSIONS: □ Was balloon – probably balloon. □ Possibly balloon. □ Was aircraft – probably aircraft. □ Possibly aircraft. □ Was astronomical – probably astronomical. □ Possibly astronomical. □ Insufficient data for evaluation. □ Unknown. COMMENTS: no directions or bearings; however, planet Mars was elevation twenty‑seven degrees azimuth thirty‑five degrees at time of sighting and later azimuth two‑ninety degrees. analysts of astronomical body (Mars) is consistent with reported information. INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF V ASHZNGTON D C. UNCLASSIFIED. FH OPS eighty‑seven‑eighteen. ATTN three thirty zero A D. SUBJECT UFO. THIS RECORD CARD WAS GENERATED BY THE PROJECT ONE ZERO SEVEN THREE U‑S A F UFO INVESTIGATION PROGRAM AND FILED UNDER THE DESIGNATION “UNCLAS FH OPS 87‑18.” PROVENANCE: This document was released to the public through The Black Vault archive. The record was made available as part of a Freedom of Information Act request, reference number not listed, and was declassified by the United States Air Force Intelligence Headquarters. The release date appears in the archive entry as July twenty‑second, two thousand twenty‑three. The full text is available at archive dot org slash download slash 1958‑07‑8857062‑1‑5MiSOfDuncanvilleTexas slash 1958‑07‑8857062‑1‑5MiSOfDuncanvilleTexasdjvu.txt. CONTEXT: The United States Air Force, in its official statement accompanying the declassification of Project One Zero Seven Three records, noted that the files “provide a historical record of sightings reported to Air Force personnel and do not constitute an endorsement of any particular explanation.” The agency further clarified that “each case was evaluated on the information available at the time, and many remain unresolved.” THIS IS WHAT THE PUBLIC RECORD LOOKS LIKE AT ITS MOST ORDINARY. For more documents, visit storyflo dot com and the canonical URL https://archive.org/download/1958-07-8857062-1-5MiSOfDuncanvilleTexas/1958-07-8857062-1-5MiSOfDuncanvilleTexasdjvu.txt.

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CIA Project One Zero Seven Three Record Card One.

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PROJECT ONE ZERO SEVEN THREE RECORD CARD ONE. DATE twenty‑eight July nineteen fifty‑eight. LOCATION Texas, five miles south of Duncanville A F S. DATE‑TIME GROUP zero six three zero Z. TYPE OF OBSERVATION local. OBSERVER Q I Y J J.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was CIA Project One Zero Seven Three Record Card One. about?: PROJECT ONE ZERO SEVEN THREE RECORD CARD ONE. DATE twenty‑eight July nineteen fifty‑eight. LOCATION Texas, five miles south of Duncanville A F S. DATE‑TIME GROUP zero six three zero Z. TYPE OF OBSERVATION local. OBSERVER Q I Y J J.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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