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COLD OPEN. This episode presents United States Air Force Project One Zero Zero Seven Three record card number eight eight six seven six three nine, filed in Dallas, Texas, dated September one, nineteen fifty‑eight. The document records a sighting of unidentified aerial phenomena and is notable for its detailed operational notes and the observer’s remarks about possible Soviet rocket activity. PROVENANCE. The record was released to the public through The Black Vault archive, reference number 1958‑09‑8867639‑Dallas‑Texas. The file was uploaded on the archive’s website and is available at the URL https://archive.org/download/1958-09-8867639-Dallas-Texas/1958-09-8867639-Dallas-Texasdjvu.txt. The declassification authority is listed as the United States Air Force, with the release made under the Freedom of Information Act. THE DOCUMENT. Project One Zero Zero Seven Three, Record Card Four. Time of Observation: approximately one hundred and fifty minutes after local midnight. Number of Objects: three. Summary of Sighting. Two round, bright objects flying about two minutes apart were sighted directly overhead, traveling south‑south‑east, and disappeared behind clouds in that area. Conclusions. Possible balloon. Possible balloon. Possibly aircraft. Possibly atmospheric phenomenon. Data for Evolution. Comments. A chance‑vantage observation near Dallas. The aircraft were painted black and would have stood out in a clear sky. ATC Form Three Two Zero, Issue Twenty‑Six, Standard Broadcast Procedure Thirty‑Two. Location: Duncanville Air Force Station, Texas. Telephone: not applicable. Time: thirty minutes after sighting. Negative. Weather: clear. Few scattered clouds. Very blue sky. Visibility: unlimited. Ceiling: unlimited. Wind: variable at one knot, three knots, five knots, three twenty‑nine degrees at fifteen knots. Jet aircraft vapor trail observed. Reporting Officer’s Remarks. The observer seemed to be a reliable individual and quite interested in astronomical surveillance. Weather was clear. The observer was cooperative and reliable. He expressed interest in “MCONWATCH” activities, Russian rocket carriers and Sputnik. He said the objects followed roughly the same course as the Sputniks and their rocket carriers. A jet aircraft vapor trail was visible to the observer at the time of the sighting; the aircraft itself was not visible. The vapor trail was about fifteen degrees long. A possible explanation of this phenomenon is that the objects were fighters. Negative. End of record. CONTEXT. No additional contextual statement from the United States Air Force or a neutral agency accompanies this record in the archive. OUTRO. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. For the full document, visit storyflo.com and the canonical URL https://archive.org/download/1958-09-8867639-Dallas-Texas/1958-09-8867639-Dallas-Texasdjvu.txt.

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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 on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

1958 09 8867639 Dallas Texas

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COLD OPEN. This episode presents United States Air Force Project One Zero Zero Seven Three record card number eight eight six seven six three nine, filed in Dallas, Texas, dated September one, nineteen fifty‑eight. The document records a sighting of unidentified aerial phenomena and is notable for its detailed operational notes and the observer’s remarks about possible Soviet rocket activity.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
Source document: View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1958-09-8867639-Dallas-Texas

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What was 1958 09 8867639 Dallas Texas about?: COLD OPEN. This episode presents United States Air Force Project One Zero Zero Seven Three record card number eight eight six seven six three nine, filed in Dallas, Texas, dated September one, nineteen fifty‑eight. The document records a sighting of unidentified aerial phenomena and is notable for its detailed operational notes and the observer’s remarks about possible Soviet rocket activity.
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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