Project 10073 Record Card — San Antonio, Texas, 2 September 1958

This document is a Project 10073 record card and accompanying teletype report detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on 2 September 1958 in San Antonio, Texas. A 43-year-old civilian witness reported observing two distinct objects. The first object was described as round, the size of a star, and brilliant silver in color; it was observed rising vertically. The second object was observed in horizontal flight for approximately three seconds, trailing an orange-colored flame. The witness reported no sound associated with either object. The report includes weather data for the area, noting scattered clouds at 5,500 feet and 15 miles of visibility. The official conclusion recorded on the card identifies the first object as a balloon and the second as an astronomical meteor, explicitly stating there was no association between the two. An investigator from the 3510th Flying Training Wing at Randolph AFB, Captain Howard S. Wanamaker, provided additional commentary, expressing skepticism regarding the lack of corroborating reports from the densely populated city or from local radar units, noting that no other military or civil aircraft reported the objects.