PROJECT 10073 RECO~D ~3. SOURCE '-~U~aER OF OaJECTS ! S. L~NG.TH OF OOSCRVA TION Galveston, T\. . .AS 10. CONCLUSION Astro (HETEOR) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS less than 30 s econds ::nen object was about a 90 deg angle ove r Galvest on, it t------------+1'\ppeared to s t op . T'ni s impr e s si on may have been gained by the high altitude and angl e of fliltl t and i t could nave been that the object did not stop. 'lhen the object disappeared into !.----------~the West at tremendous speed. The object was like a big star. 7. C OUi\Si; 6. TYPE OF O;lSERVATION C'rround,visual. I 9. PHYSICAL EVIDEtoiCE CNCLASSIFIED I NCIDENT NO. 1. Date of Observation 20 July 1949 Date of Interview Exact Time (local) 1700 3 Place of Observation ~lvoaton, Texaa 4. Position of observer Ground 5 ~nat attr acted attention to object 6. Number of objects .1 7 Appa rent size Lllrl;'l Star S. Color of object Bright, luminous 10. Altitude 11. Direction from observer L&sternly 12. Distance from observer 10,000 teet 13. Directi on of flight of object(s) East to .eat 1.4. Time in sight Not over 30 a eo onda 16. Sound and odor None notiood due to noiso of breakura lS. Luminosity Project i ons of disappoaranco Fadad in diatnoe .Additional information concorning objoct Woathor Conditions Cloudleaa, 1ntenae blue aq, 15 UPH wind l',JCLASSIFIED VNClASSiFH:. Inc i de n t I:a.oo a.nd flddr ass of obsorvor J!ouaton, Texl4s. Occup~tion ~d hobbi u s : Inveatir,ator Comments of Interrogator r o luti vo te intolligonco and ohar a.cto r of obsor vcr(s)a HARRATI u-; SUl"'~"ny V~en objeot was about a 90 angle over Gulveaton , it appeared to atop. This 1mpreasi on may havo been ~ained by the hir,h o.ltitude tlnd anr~le o i' flir,ht and it could have boen thut the obj~ot did not atop but t~rely r~achad fln apux i n its tlight from observer a position. At this ;nocent observer callod his wi!'e a atten- tion to tho objvot, and innediataly th~r~arto r tho object disappeared ir.to tha west at a tre,:;endous speed, in just a few seoortda J just aet.Jmed t o fo.de i nto the diatanoe at the level of fli~ht o.t which 1t was first observed UNClJ\SSIFIED lJNCLASSIF\EfHEADOUARTERS FOURTH ARMY FORT SAM HOUSTON. TEXAS TJBJBCT: Unidon'Lil'ied /.eritl l Phon omona Commanding General Air hln teriel Comna.nd right Patterson Air Force Ba.se Dayton, Ohio ATTENTIONa U. C. I . Th e inclosed report re unidentified aerial phenomonn obs erved by Jr., at Galveston , Texu.s , 20 July 1949, is forv;a rded f o r y our r.mation. FUR THE COlfi.IANDING GEllERAL a As state d MA.X H. GOOI.BR Colon el, GSC ctg AC of S , G- 2 UNClASSIFIED UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS Incident No. 1. Date of observation 20 July 1949 De.to of Interview 2. Exact tima of observation (locnl) 1700 hours Place of obs~rw.tiona Gc.lveston Public Bench, nbout 200 yds ::;outh of 4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, locntion or-give details:) Rec1inine in beach chair 5. nhat attracted ntt ontion to objocta 6. Number of objects and sketch of for-mation or grouping: One (1) _ _.;,--:., _ Apparent.size (compare t o knmvn object, i.e., sun, moon, thumb or fist Shape (give graphic description -compo.re with knovm object): Altitude (Angle of elevation nbove horizon -0 a.t horizon, 90 900 angle over Galveston overhead)~@~ 11. Direction from obeerver (Angle over Gulf of Mexico clockvris'9 from north) a E)l.sterly direction e,...;::: 12. Disto.nce from observer (disto.nce to town, bldg, etc., over vrhich obj e ct appenred to be): Estimated 10.000 feet 13. Direction of flight of object (s) a Almost direct east-.rest flight. 14. Time in sight: riot over 30 seconds. Speod ( timo to cover ~i ven npgular di stnnco) a T~veling at an extrem~ly hi~-rate of speed. Sound and odors Due to object's gr eat ehightand noise of breakers on tho geaoh. no sound from flie ooject w~.s discerned nor vm.s there any odor. Trail (color, lengtl1, width, persistence, otc.) Object did not leave any trail of vapor or f1re a Luminosity (visiblo by r eflocticn, incnndoRconco, othe r -dogroe ot brillianco)z Projectiens (fins .wings, rods, nntonnao, cnnopies, oto.)a NOne noted. ! fD.nuuvors (turns, See Ra!ARKS climbs, divos, otc-skotch of flieht path)a t '~JCLASSIFJE ... ' 'GUIDE TO INVESTIGATION ( Ccnt' d) UNCLASSIFIED I noidont No 21. Ynnnor of di snppoaranco : nto distance a t tremendous spee d . 22 . Effect on c l ou dsa NOne 23. Addi t i onnl infonnntion c once rning object: At t ime object 'vre..~ !10tod, a. smal l oivilia.n croft, yel l ow i n col or , \'las f lying i n u nor Ui- sou"th diroc"tion, proxi.mo.t e l y one mi l e vtest oi' the shor eline. l'his plane .. us a uonoplnne~ pres~ably a two- p l ace 1nachine. Tho pl ane n eve r ~pproached close enough to the observers f~ r i t s vdn~ number to be noted 24. Y/oo.thor oondi tions a nd l i ght o.t time of sighting z Sky ;m.s c l oudl ess a nd of an intense b lue and wi nd ve l ocity i s estimated t o he.ve been aoout 15 miles per hour. 25. Nrumo o.nd o.ddro s s of obs orvora Houston~ Tex. Occupation o.nd hobbi es: Investigator Commoht 3 of i ntorrogntor rolo.tivo t o i ntelligence a.nd cho.r n cter of obso rvor (chock n eighbor s , police dopt , FBI rocor ds, ompl oyor , etc. ) Did obse r ver weo.r g las sos, os pocio.lly p olo.r ci d e;lo.s sos o.t time of sight- ing, or vro.s object vi.Jnod t h r ough co.nopy , -.rindow, or ot.~o r t r o.nspc.r ont m.o.torial? Both observers wer e ''~'Tearing green sun glasse s . Obje ct viewed while reclining in o. beach chair on Ga l v eston Public Beach, about 200 yards s outh of 6lst St.~ Ga l veston, Texa.s. REMARXSa Item. ao. Vihen object was about a 90 a n gl e over Galveston~ it appeared to st op. '!his inpression may have been gained by the high altitude and angle of flight a n d it could ha ve been ~at t he objeot did not stop but merely rea.che d an a pex in its f l iEht f rom observer's p os i t i on. At thi s moment ob s erve r cal led h i s \'ri f e's attention to the object, and immediately thereafter the object disappeared into the ~est at a tremendous speed, in just a few seconds; just s eemed to fade into the distance a t the l evel of i'light at which it was first observed. UNCLASSifiEQ