Air Intelligence Information Report: 2D-UFOB-5-55

This report details an investigation into an unidentified flying object sighted over Bryan Air Force Base, Texas, on the night of 14 June 1955. The sighting was reported by three personnel: T/Sgt Everett Woolum, A/1C Raymond E. Euteneuer, and A/2C Wort L. Robonson. All three witnesses described a cylindrical, white, glowing object flying at an estimated altitude of 30,000 feet. While their estimates of speed and flight path direction varied slightly, they all agreed the object was silent and appeared to be solid. The investigation, conducted by 1st Lt. Dean S. Jameson of Flight 2-D, 4602D AISS, involved extensive checks with local flight services, the C.A.A., Texas A & M University's motionography department, and other Air Force units. The investigation revealed that a rawinsonde weather balloon had been released from the Bryan AFB weather station at 0330 CST on 14 June 1955. The investigator concluded that the object was, in fact, this rawinsonde balloon. The report suggests that the light observed by the witnesses was the modulator unit attached to the balloon's 100-foot suspension train. The investigator posited that the light's oscillation, combined with the high altitude, created the illusion of a mysterious, fast-moving object. Despite the witnesses' initial belief that the object was not a balloon, the official conclusion of the headquarters was that the sighting was caused by the weather balloon.