Roanoke, Texas, October 26, 1952
THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT
1952: Roanoke, Texas, the Blue Cigar Beside the Moon
At about 4:18 p.m. on October 26, 1952, a civilian couple about 18 miles north of Fort Worth saw a brilliant blue cigar-shaped object about two-thirds the width of the moon. The report was forwarded through the Artillery Center, Fort Sill, and Headquarters, Fourth Army, whose G-2 dated its transmittal November 13, 1952.
The file is short, one record card with a brief summary and a transmittal, and the card’s evaluation is not clearly legible in the scan.
Date: October 26, 1952
Sighting Time: 4:18 p.m. CST (1618)
Day/Night: Day
Location: Roanoke, Texas, about 18 miles north of Fort Worth
Urban or Rural: Small town
No. of Entity(‘s): None reported
Entity Type: Not applicable
Entity Description: Not applicable
Hynek Classification: DD (Daylight Disc)
Duration: Not recorded
No. of Object(s): 1
Shape of Object(s): Cigar-shaped
Size of Object(s): About two-thirds the width of the moon
Color of Object(s): Brilliant blue
Distance to Object(s): Not recorded
Height & Speed: Not recorded
Number of Witnesses: 2 (a civilian couple)
Special Features/Characteristics: Brilliant blue color; size compared to the moon
Case Status: The card’s evaluation is not clearly legible in the scan
Source: Blue Book file (record card; Headquarters Fourth Army G-2 transmittal of November 13, 1952)
Summary/Description: A civilian couple north of Fort Worth saw a brilliant blue cigar-shaped object about two-thirds the width of the moon on October 26, 1952.
Related Cases: Other late-October file cases on the October 22nd–31st page
DETAILED REPORT
The record card summarizes the sighting in a single sentence: a brilliant blue cigar-shaped object, about two-thirds the width of the moon, seen by a couple about 18 miles north of Fort Worth. The sighting time is 1618 CST on October 26.
The report was forwarded by the Artillery Center at Fort Sill through the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston, in a transmittal dated November 13, 1952.
The supplied pages give no duration, no direction of travel, no witness statements and no readable evaluation.
RESEARCHER’S NOTES
Roanoke 1952: A Short File with a Striking Color
- Thin file: One card and a transmittal is all the record supplied contains.
- Daylight: A blue cigar near the moon in late afternoon could be an aircraft, a balloon or a contrail in low sun, none of which the file weighs.
- Routing: A civilian report that reached Army G-2 through Fort Sill shows the Air Force collected reports through the Army.
- Names: No witness names are on the card.
Roanoke is included for completeness. A blue cigar compared to the moon is memorable, but the file does not support more than a brief entry.
