Air Intelligence Information Report — Austin, Texas, 14 January 1953

This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report regarding a sighting of an unidentified object in Austin, Texas, on 14 January 1953. The primary witness, a part-time school patrolman, observed the object at 1034 hours while at the Robert A. Lee school. The witness described the object as being 18 to 24 inches in diameter, circular in shape, and silvery in color. It was observed for approximately 40 to 60 seconds, moving in a south-southeast direction at an estimated speed of 500 to 750 miles per hour. The witness noted that the object made no sound and left no exhaust trail. The report includes a statement from the witness, who mentioned that a heavy-type airplane passed overhead at the time, and that the object appeared to pass through high, thin clouds. The official conclusion reached in the report is that the object was 'PROBABLY BALLOON'. The document also contains a separate, unrelated section titled 'METEORS', which details observations of celestial bodies by the crews of the Italian SS Monrosa and the Israeli SS Meir Dizengoff in the Mediterranean Sea in January and March 1953. The report is marked as unclassified and includes distribution information for various Air Force commands.