Project 10073 Record Card and Report of UFO - San Antonio, Texas, 17 April 1959

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and a formal report regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on 17 April 1959 in San Antonio, Texas. The report was submitted by the Lackland Military Training Center to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Two civilian observers, a housewife and a teacher, reported seeing a rectangular object with a slightly pointed forward portion and a long, slender tail. The object was described as being the size of an orange held at arm's length and colored like a bright yellow flame. The observers reported that the object was visible for approximately 15 minutes, moving in a northerly direction before curving downward toward the earth and eventually traveling slowly in a southern direction. The observers were in a 1959 Ford when the mother first spotted the object. The report includes detailed weather data from the Air Weather Service, noting good visibility and scattered clouds. The investigating officer, Captain R. H. McGregor, concluded that the sighting was likely caused by commercial advertising searchlights or heavy aircraft traffic in the area. He noted that many Air Training Command aircraft in the vicinity featured bright orange fluorescent markings, which could explain the color description provided by the witnesses. The document also includes follow-up correspondence from the Air Technical Intelligence Center requesting clarification on the date and time of the sighting, which was subsequently confirmed as 0100 Zulu on 17 April 1959.