PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. OAT! 12.<' .. ATION < COI'IClUSIONs' --'1/o,. B"lloon l 2CJ May 1952 I Son An tonic. Texoo . a Prob<Jbly Bollc.<:ro : ,: OATfTIMtGROllr .......... --...... 'f'i-TYPE or 08SERVAfltR tr.- .. -. -.. --,o Pastbly a.,l:o,n 1 C1 'lltt-. Aorcraft Orobobly Aircr'lft I 01.-i' ,01 --?:.!!:_:-: . [J Au~Vi.,ul CJ Asrlntec.:ept Radar lO Poutbly Airrcro(, , & No AF Pilot 0 F'oso.bly Astn),.,m,cal . t. NUMOE R OF OBJf('T~ ~. LfNCiTH 0, 08SfAVATit.:U4 lnsvlloc.tent O oto for Evol~otoon : Cl a 1-iinutoa I' 1. COM,. fNTS 110. IAIE, SUMMARY 0' .aeHTING Thia obJect would be ncar the sun. mcntiona atratUD clouds. Could be typo ot retlcctioo in the clouds Color' . BriGht .mtapc; s Tubular Altitude 25 to )0 Good re~ort--very suniliar reported from Alaska. 'l'hc oishting waD 300 to 325 V I"' I 2 I L l''fY AF FORM 112-IART I AIR INTELLIGENCE INFOR tA TION REP~. IUIJr~r ... ~ "'' l t.ll Mo\RY: (l:attr ClfllltNc u ,.,IU, "'r.porl. Cilte ~llljte ... ct 1.1 ~d flli(ltrtl,.,. ~,.,,.pli. '-''' i HO:If'lllrtl It l u<r /fl. l.J , ,. , , r' nf , . I .,. , <on . I r l'olf ; :! hu: II. At 1900 hrs, 29 May 1952 unidrntified ohjPct ~c observed froM a surfAce position . 7 27!f.L The object a~arcd to'bc'e1th~r~ttl~llvf or flat and int~nsely bright, ond c~nnged po8it1ons fr~ the horizontal to the verticDl sev~ral times before ascending out or sieht. Total tit'lC or obsr>rvation was fo1rtt-Pn ( 11.) ROBJ<:IlTS L. LA!lD!'R Lt. Col. , USAF Dir/Intell Statement or ObsAI'VPr Map 0\rprla;y _ ... ' .are; THI:i uocUNENT CONTAIN!~ ar.roM-.tATION AfFECT IN(; n& N"TIOW.l. ott"f.N:A: r.r Ill( UP: IT ED ~1 Ah s wn riiU nr: :.t EAta;:i't Of m :. r.~o,o~.A~.:.: Ar;: 31 AhOlZ.ASAMENOI:O. ITSTRAHSIIIS~ft ORTtlf. R[Vft.AfiON Of IrS CO'tTINr~ IN ANY \4Arl ... n~ TO ~N l'ti4~TihJI!I/r:O rtR:-0'11~ f'HOitltilidJ llr : : ,::. IT "'~y N.lT BE REPkOtxJCID IN ~IIOU~ OR IN PART. IV OTHER IIlAH UNITEU Sf ArCS AIR f"OP.Cf. ACEHCI-;. t>:Cll' l BY l'l'r.Me'>~lO:I or Ttl! llh!"C.. ro: l ~ IH1W.IGOtCE. uw-.. N 1 A Sl Fl En Fl- ~r ~lASSIFIEO 1\F f ORM 112-PAla II ' AP?R' tV(CJ I ."Jr.!: \'MI AIR INTELLI Dir/Intell, Hq CTAF .. ~49lrllLA1r .. Force._B.as.$--.'rexas _ 1. This object appeared to be 0. ST1'1all, nnt, intensely bright, thi.n or- ject in a horizontal pOsition. It maint~ined its' shape and apn~arnncP. at t h a ~sme t~e a thin strAtus layer of clourl ~ in thP tlarte gen3rnl ar~H did chc..tl;jC in ohnpe and nosi tion. The obj eot trA.VE'led from left to right ei ving el t.hr:.r the illusion of' being TCr:f high or travellng VC>ry slow. A short tima l n.tcr, the object turned to A vertical nosition, remainint; upright f or eir,'-lt t~in,lt0:J, than slowly tilting to the near horizontn.l position. AgaiP the oh j e c t n~;~W:l!'cl . the v~rticcl. position, rising to a !'Oint beyond visible Dight. Upon e.;..cellPr- ation UJn-m.rd, this obj~ct lengtl,cned and at the srutt time turne-:1 to a y,lld red or orange. The observer believed tho obj~ct to be n flen9 trail r~th~r than a mnteritil obj~ct duo to it3 change in l~ngth and color. ThE' speed co,ll.d n ot be established, but it vaD estirnnted to have t~l.ccn 4 s-ecor.d~ to di$q;pear a~tf>r Jnovine into the fin vcrtle~l position. was obs~rved on 29 Mny from 1900 hrs to 1914 hro Ct1ntrnl The object 3. The object wa s observ~d visually fro~ the surfaco. 4. Observation was J!l:.td~ from 2929 N -9e'~27'E (Re f er ence Incl 2). The object was observt:td at apnroxinatnly 3000 to 325. The angle of viaion \.19-S approxir.Btely 250.30 from the oarth3 surfac~. The information contained in this report covers the obsPrvntion m~de USAF, a n signed to Hq CT AF, R3."1dolph Field, 'l'c:t~s. !:t ia a pilot on fiying stt\tus vith 3100 hrs flying tim~. The ::ourca or this information is evaluated as AJ the information, 3 6. Weather condi tiona at the tilne of the sighting were: a. High thin f;Cattered cirrus b. ViDibility -15 milos o. Temperature -82F d. Surface winds ESF. 9 lmots e. Winds at 10,000 ft. w~re 18 ~ot~ from 340 t. Winds at :W,OOO rt .. \olCrE' 24 knots from ')}10 7. Any meteorological influence on the oighting is unkn o,m. ~. No physical Pvidcnce of the objoct was obtained. 9. l~o interception or r Nl".r :td(:>ntificl.ltion action toke n 10. Location ot any. air trnffie in tho e cn oral area at t hB t ima or the sighting was unavailable. l<t. JJ. KJIIPP Captain, USAF Chief, Uc\::tb a t IntrJ ll P .L lfo'IBU AFTi~l~ 12 YEAHR. hUJl.f:i'~(A'I,'":ul~t.Hfl'flNFAiff~IN~f)~:'ol~l.-> ... 'f!il'flh(ifll~tf.\iiO'Il\1 \fn. I .L l l fHt:tJ~III'O':l:..l .Wi(H I'41'' m:. :ll~;c,.c.l. uw. . lJNCLASSIFIF-0 AF FORM 112-PAMT II VNC:~SSlFlED AIR INTELLIGENCE I Pft")llll \.t,rrtrrl ltii'OtiT 110. Dir/Intell At 19)0 bra, 'l'hura., 29 Mq 52, I vas ~\tanding on rey front porbh San Antonio, Texas, \lith my wife o.nd a civilian solcmnan, Hr. when rq attention was caUIJht by what. appeered to be a tnR~l fl~t cloud in a horizontal oosition. It wns thin nnd na1ntatned 1 te shape and appearance while a thin stratus lnycr or clouds in thP ~e~e g<"'n- eral direction did c ge in sha~ and pooition. The object traveled from lett to right for several Ddnutes eiving thA illusion or either being very high or trnv~11ng ver,y slovl7. Upon reaching a position or being nighted over a neighbors television antennae the object slowly t'trnerl until it \l~s in en ~xnct vertical position lo.'ithout any-chnnee or sh11pe or color. It rf':naine:d in this position tor eight minuto~ bJ the clock and then slowly tilted fron the vertical to tha near horizontal position. It th~n sterted f1~thrr move- ment to the right. It vas noted at this time thflt it vas f'lowly doscror.d tng which was tor a fP.v seconds only. It then proceeded to complete a ~rcnual upward curve to en angle estilnnted to be 60 fron horizontal. Tbn vinibl~ ob- ject appeered to be a tleme trail and not th~ device producing it, ar. evi- dnnced by the extension and acceleration to a point bF!yond visibl~ sight. Also during the nertod ot acceleration the visible object chane~d from nn 1n~ocnse ellvery glov to a mild red or orange. The attent.ion or rn:y wife, Hr. aDd our next door neighbor who vas working on hor leown wets dirr>cted to the object.-\Uth the exception or the first few minutes they also witnessed \/hat I have described here. The total observation was observC'd fror.: ~ bo~r1ng ot auproximately )coP to )25. The angle tro~ horizontal in the v ertical plane vas approximately 25-)00 except tor the last few seconds :-s the object dis- appeDred. lt th~s point the anglo appeared.to exc~ed 45o. Fxcept for n rP-w thin high stratus clouds the eky was clcnr end visibility good. lElER a