Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Foster AFB, Texas, 18 December 1954
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A sighting of a metallic, stationary object near Foster AFB was reported on 18 December 1954. The object was officially identified as two weather balloons released by Goodfellow AFB.
On 18 December 1954, a sighting of an unidentified aerial object was reported at Foster AFB, Texas. The object was described as oblong or round, metallic in appearance, and stationary, with a second object suspended beneath it. Witnesses, including base operations personnel, estimated the size to be comparable to a dinner plate. The observation lasted for over three hours. The San Antonio CAA center reported that Goodfellow AFB had released two lighted balloons tied together, which were intended to drift eastward. Base operations officers at Foster AFB concluded that the sighting was caused by these balloons, noting that wind conditions at the time would have caused them to drift into the vicinity of the base. An attempt was made to intercept the object using a T-33 aircraft from the 32nd Air Division, but the pilot was unable to perform the interception and stated that the object appeared to be a balloon.
Object was identified as a weather balloon.
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Official Assessment
Object was identified as a weather balloon.
Base operations officers concluded the sighting was caused by two weather balloons released by Goodfellow AFB, which drifted into the vicinity.
Witnesses
- Thompson, Donald O.A/2C45th Air Base GRP, Base Ops Despatcher
- Reich, Donald E.2/LT45th FTR Day SQ, Airdrome Off
- Holder, Willie M.A/1C2215-2 AACS DET, Tower Oper