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This 81-page Project Blue Book case file covers the Levelland, Texas sightings of the night of 2 to 3 November 1957. It holds the record card, Air Force teletype reports from the 1006th AISS and radar units, witness questionnaires, press clippings about the White Sands sightings, and analyst memos. Several witnesses said a bluish-white oval object stopped their car engines. The Air Force concluded the cause was ball lightning in stormy weather, with wet or faulty ignition systems explaining the engine failures.
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# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 1006th AISS Ent AFB, Colorado Part One AISS-UF0B-386-57 3 or 19 I. SOURCE: Age: 19 Occupation: Student at Texas Technological Collego, Lubbock, Texas Education: Second Semester, Freshman Year, Texas Tech. Qualifications: None. II. RELIABILITY: SOURCE seemed to the investigator to be very sincere about his sighting. He was appalled at the amount of publicity given him and was anxious to have the sighting resolved. He was unhesitating in his replies; however, during the course of further questioning, he admitted uncertainty in some of his answers. SOURCE can be considered usually reliable. III. SOURCE'S DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING: SOURCE stated that he was driving home from Lubbock, Texas (FJDD0935) on the night of 3 November 1957 at 0005 CST on Texas highway 116. Approximately four miles west of Snyer, Texas (FJDD2035), the amp meter on SOURCE's automobile registered discharge for a moment. Upon the return of the amp meter to normal, the engine of the automobile began cutting out as if it were not getting any gas. After it had quit running, the lights and car radio went out. SOURCE then got out of the car and lifted the hood to check for battery malfunction and, finding none, closed the hood of the car and turned around to look for help. It was at this time that SOURCE saw the object and returned to the inside of the car. SOURCE described the object as oval shaped and he thought that the size of the object was that of a baseball at arm's length. He estimated that the object was seventy-five to one hundred feet at its longest dimension. SOURCE stated that the object was white in color, with a greenish tint, possibly caused by the tinted wind-shield of SOURCE's car. (Refer to Inclosure 1 for SOURCE's memory sketch of the object.) SOURCE estimated that he had been observing the object for four or five minutes when it rose virtually straight up and out of his line of vision. SOURCE was unable to estimate the speed with which the object left the area and was unable to estimate the distance he was from the object. Upon the departure of the object, SOURCE stated that the lights and radio of the car came on and the motor started with no difficulty. SOURCE stated that there were heavy clouds in the area and a light rain falling. SOURCE had no opinion concerning the possible cause of the sighting. 2 Incls 1. Memory Sketch 2. Statement
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