2015

2015-09-01 / Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas

On September 1, 2015, at approximately 0710 hours, the Pantex Plant Ground Surveillance Radar detected an unknown object flying west of the facility near Amarillo, Texas, traveling north at 10 to 15 mph. Protective Force personnel followed the object by vehicle for several miles; a lieutenant and SPO observed it through binoculars and described it as a "diamond" type shape, approximately 4 ft. tall and 2 ft. wide at the bottom, with no audible sound and no identifiable propulsion system. The object was last seen heading ENE near County Road G and F.M. 1342 in Carson County before personnel lost sight of it.