Report on Unidentified Flying Object - Brooks Air Force Base, Texas - 1 August 1952

This document consists of a formal report and supporting statements regarding an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sighting at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, on 1 August 1952. The report, dated 5 August 1952, was prepared by the Headquarters of Brooks Air Force Base and addressed to the Director of Intelligence at USAF Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The sighting occurred at approximately 1000 hours when two airmen, A/1C John R. Holl and A/2C John R. Daniell, both assigned to the Hq Sq Sec, USAFSS, observed a white, disc-shaped object in the sky. According to the witnesses, the object had no visible protuberances, wings, or tail surfaces, and left no exhaust or trail. It was described as moving at a high rate of speed in a southwesterly direction at a high altitude. Both witnesses noted that the object appeared to be metallic or white in color and maintained a straight and level flight path. The duration of the observation was estimated at one to one and a half minutes. The report explicitly states that no sound was heard and that the object disappeared from view as it traveled away from the observers. The official assessment provided by the base headquarters noted that there was no physical evidence of the sighting and that there appeared to be no meteorological or other conditions that could account for the phenomenon. Furthermore, the report clarifies that no interception or identification action was taken because the base headquarters was not notified at the time of the event. The document includes the formal report, a disposition form from the Department of the Air Force forwarding the material to the Air Technical Intelligence Center for Project Blue Book, and the individual signed statements from the two witnesses. The reliability of the witnesses' statements is noted as unknown in the official report.