PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION$ 0 Wos Boll oon 26 Aug 51 San Antonio, Texas 0 Probably Balloon Locol 1678 XXGroun4-Viauol 0 GroundR~or 26 2058Z 0 ProbaWy Aircraft GMT 0 Air-Visual 0 Alrlntorcept Radar Poulbly Aircraft 0 Yea 0 Probably AstronoMical ~No NW 0 Possibly Aatronomlcol 7. LENGTH Oft OlllltVATION I. NUMI!It 0,. OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other _ 10, lAIII' IUMMAitY 01' SIOHTINO Col or was dark. Shape sketch. Speed was high. Alt very h igh. Size large. No deviation from course.blo sound. ATIC I'ORM Ut (lt&Y 21 laP 12) 1 I. COMMENTS 0 In suffl clont Data for Evaluation 0 Un\cnown Evaluated a s meteor. HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY FORT SAil HOUSTON, TEXAS O!tice ot tbe AC of S, G-2 2S August 1951 SUBJECT: Unconventional .Aircraft TO: Fourteenth Air Force Liaison Officer Broo!cs Air Force Base San Antonio, Texas Tba inclosed Guide to Investieation unidentified aerl.al ob oct obserwd on 26 August 1951 by Ur. San Antonio, Texas, is for\'larded for your inforr:\a- Guioe to Inves (dup) / ._GBORGB A. ArJOJ.Tl-';5 Colon~, GS AC of S, G-2 Ua1aon Officer to Fourth Army, Br-,r,ks AFB, Tex. 31 Aug 1951 'ma Ca.manding General, FoUrteenth Air Foree, R~blns AF Base, Texas 1. Forwarded tor prnper action under prorlsir,ns nt c~!'lAC Letter er 200-1 dated l2 Febru17 1951. 2. Please note tat Fourth Arm.r has aecurl tr claaeitication. g1 ven this rep,rt no 1 Incl n/c . GUY H~ GAlE C~lMel, USAF AF I!aiaM otticer to Ft~Ur th A'f'IAY DECLASSIFIED AFTE R 12 YEAl:S. UNCLASSJf]EQ UNClASSIFIED Hq 4th Army 000.9 ADADB-I Subject: Unconventional Ai r c raft ::Q FOllaT!:.':!NT.! AIR FORCE, Robins At~B, Govr g ia. Co~Anding General, Dayton, Ohio. ATTN: Air 1!a t a rio1 Cor.m:1 nd, '.1ri;;nt-Pa. tterson .\ F B, 1 . Fo r .varded in accordance with l etter, Head1ua rters Un i tad States Air Force. 8 September 1950, s ubj-1c t.: "Reporting of I nfor ma- tion on Unconventio.r.al Aircrg,ft" and j n accordance .vi th ConAC Letter 200-1. 12 February 1 951, subjact~ " R'3::>orting of In.Lormation on Unconventional Aircraft." 2. Attac~ed re,ort and covering corre s pond e nce i 3 c1aJsififtd CO~;"FIDSNTIAI. under authority of' c~nAC Latte r 200- 1 , 1 2 February 1951 . I'O~ TC:E cmtu...ANDIHG GZllr.'RAL: Cy f'urni sr..ad~ CG. ConAC, Attn: Di r o f Intelli gence DECIASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. UNCI:ASSfFIED~ n:.:: 'i'O INVE~TIGA1'JOl' UNIDENTIFIED AEHIAL OBJECTS Incident No. Date of obser-vation 26 Aug 51 . ,.., Date of lntel'Vi(.;l\Y .....::2u7--:.t4~n.iJ.l311Lt~l....,QL.5,.,.1. 2. 3Xact timd of observation (locnl) 1658, 26August 1921 4. Position of obsdrver (air, car, bldg, location or-give dotails:) _Reel 1 pi nr 1 p back nm of' aboye as;Wress. 5. nho.t attracted o.ttention to objoct1 U~plmq-~WJwA------------- 6. ~umber of objects nnd sketch of fo~ation or grouping: 7. /\p)arent size (compare t o known object, i.e., ::;un, !;"Loon, thumb or fist at arms length): 8. Color of object: Jlark 9. Sho.pe (give gro.phic doncription -compo.re \'lith kuO\m object) s 10. Altitude (Angle of ulovation nbove h orizon-0 nt h orizon, 90 overheo.d)s Ve~ hiGh altitude 11. Direction from observer (Ang l e clockwis') from north) 1 ApProx. due S,, slight variation to r:. 12 . Distance from observer ( distonce t o to\'m, bldg, etc., over v:hich object 13. Direction of flight of object (s) 1 rr.1, no deviation f':rot.:1 course. l..4. Tima in sight: Ten secon.ls J)QWl>iCBr\DED AT a Yl~.r: 1\;i't~i{\'Al....S; DECI.ASSlFIED AFTER 12 YEAUS. Spood ( t imo to cover gi va n nngular distanoo) 1 !_{i6h rat,e of speed Sound. anu odor' No sou, no o_do_r _ Tr ail (color, l ongth, width, pe r sistunco , otc.) Uo!l9 Lum~r.ozi~J (visiblo by rofloction, incnndascenc~, brillinnc a ) : Dark -no oth9r colo.~ visible. othe r -doeroo of P rojoctinz (fins, wings, rods, nntcnno.o, None ('-l.> .:anc.:uwrs ( tun1s, from cour sa. C(ASSIFIED o dovi.a tion ~ UNCLASSit-lt.U GtiiD3 TO HlV"hS1'IGA.TI ON ( Cent' d Jr.r.>..i.dc:nt Po, 21. l!nrmo r of diso. ppoo.ra.nco 1 JJJ~n~:wlMtL....llue!lllnt.ti.....Jo~u~truo~ruslji~itthl1t'----------- 22. E!foct on clouusa 23. Additio~l info~o.tion ooncorning objcot: Informant first siibted o~et in far south and tollowed it until it was out of sight in the north. Object wa.s not conventional type aircraft a nd ms t;rawli ng t oo fn~t for a:lrcratt. 24. HoClthor c onditions nnd light nt t ime of sighting: Vaty clear --no ~uds 25. ~:~mo nnd o.ddross of obsvrvor: Toms (tor~30rly S-~, Occupo.tion nnd hoobios: San Antoaio, Cvh.l.l V"'! t o c a racto r of obsvrvor (chock neighbors, police dLpt, FBI rvcords, wmploycr, etc.) to be about 35 years or age and to be intellieent. Di d obsu r vor wuo.r g l o.sscs, ospccio.lly pol Ar r i d e;lo.sscs f'.t ti.mo of sight- ing, or w~s object vi-3v.-cd throur;h cr...nopy, vrind oH, o r otho r tro.nsp:lr c nt Info~uant was not wearing glasees at time of the int er'lle.t. It was no!; lalo\m whether be bld them on a t the time of the sighting. DOWNGRADED AT 3 y .1~t lSl~l~VAL:); DECJ.ASSIFIED AF1 J.!JR 12 YE ARS. LCCh.7IO::: San Antonio, Texas l.":j:Grn OF TI ilE OBSERVED: 10 Sec SPEill: Verv h; c-h ALTI 'l"UDZ: Very h i.gh DESCa:I? ... 10:l OF DlC:DENT: Large ob~ ct rcs~'"lhl' "". L delta uin.,. aircra f t