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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled “1958-09-8869203-3MiNEOfDallas‑Texas,” a Project One‑Zero‑Zero‑Seven‑Three observation card filed by the United States Air Force on September fifteen, nineteen‑fifty‑eight. The document records a nighttime sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon over Dallas, Texas, and is notable for its detailed description of a “star‑like object” that changed colors and vanished abruptly. PROVENANCE. The record was released through The Black Vault, a public‑domain archive of government documents. It was made available on the archive’s website without a specific Freedom of Information Act case number, and the declassification authority is listed as the United States Air Force. The full text can be accessed at the URL https://archive.org/download/1958-09-8869203-3MiNEOfDallas‑Texas/1958-09-8869203-3MiNEOfDallas‑Texasdjvu.txt. THE DOCUMENT. Project One‑Zero‑Zero‑Seven‑Three, Record Card One. Date: September fifteen, nineteen‑fifty‑eight. Time Group: Zero Two Hundred Zulu. Observation Type: Night Observation. Duration: Thirty minutes. Location: Air Intercept Radar, Civilian. Number of Objects: Four. Brief Summary of Sighting: Star‑like object, size of a pea, white‑pink‑red‑blue in color, four without formation, changing colors. Objects traveled in a straight path north‑west to south‑east and instantaneously disappeared to the south‑east. Course: Unknown. Conclusions: □ Probably Balloon □ Possibly Balloon □ Not Aircraft □ Probably Aircraft □ Possibly Aircraft □ Not Atmospheric □ Probably Atmospheric □ Possibly Atmospheric □ Other. No further identification. Comments: Reported to Air Force. No visual confirmation; all reported in visual and radar data. No corroborating witness statements. Formatted by RBV at September fifteen, nineteen‑fifty‑eight. Received September seventeen, nineteen‑fifty‑eight. Unclassified from Operations Nine‑Three‑Two‑Zero, Attention Thirty‑Three Squadron. Subject: UFO. Description: “PEA‑sized, white‑pink‑red‑blue, four objects, no formation, changing colors, straight line north‑west to south‑east, instantaneous disappearance.” Additional data: Ground‑visual observation. Flight conditions: Clear sky, surface wind one hundred forty‑one degrees at one thousand feet, ten knots; at ten thousand feet, one hundred forty‑one degrees at ten knots; at twenty thousand feet, one hundred forty‑one degrees at twenty knots; at thirty thousand feet, zero forty‑one degrees at thirty knots; wind data unavailable above fifty thousand feet. Reporting Officer: Frederick F. Suart, Senior Director, United States Air Force, September fifteen, nineteen‑fifty‑eight. CONTEXT. The Black Vault entry provides the following editorial summary: “This record is a classic example of a mid‑century Air Force UFO sighting, featuring a multi‑colored, pea‑sized object observed both visually and on radar. The report reflects the standard classification categories of the era, listing possibilities such as balloon, aircraft, or…

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1958 09 8869203 3mineofdallas Texas

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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled “1958-09-8869203-3MiNEOfDallas‑Texas,” a Project One‑Zero‑Zero‑Seven‑Three observation card filed by the United States Air Force on September fifteen, nineteen‑fifty‑eight. The document records a nighttime sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon over Dallas, Texas, and is notable for its detailed description of a “star‑like object” that changed colors and vanished abruptly.

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/1958-09-8869203-3MiNEOfDallas-Texas

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What was 1958 09 8869203 3mineofdallas Texas about?: COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled “1958-09-8869203-3MiNEOfDallas‑Texas,” a Project One‑Zero‑Zero‑Seven‑Three observation card filed by the United States Air Force on September fifteen, nineteen‑fifty‑eight. The document records a nighttime sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon over Dallas, Texas, and is notable for its detailed description of a “star‑like object” that changed colors and vanished abruptly.
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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