?ROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. O.l TE IMc '}ROUP 2. LOCA T'ON ., NUMBER O F OaJ!CTS S. LENCTH OF OaS!RVA T ION :1r.J:j: Dill 6, TYPE OF 035c R l A TION 9, PHYSIC"L E V IO!HC! San Antonio, ~xas 10. CONCLUSICN 2 Po'aible Arcraft 11. B~IEF SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS O~J ap~ared t o be a ll~t lar3er tbsn ~ star, ~d o g~ in r o l~r. It ensi tt~d no sound and c li!llbell c11 t o"f c 1~ t. . Lt.~r 1t W1:la obaerred t o tr'lrel .:.ov~ri 'th~ ~-.;a-: a f:3..itt::- ~ oa-:tl "lfld a lo.,e:-altitud e . FTO SEP 63 0-329 {TOE) PNYlo\1'1 " l?ttl ) ( lhle fomamY !M u .. ct ..,_rec'tor o . -n .. a ~ -ence .:nuhin~tcn .5, D ,C . n:.:::1g of I:1f r-ttl ; o n on rniJen t.i.:'iaJ 71~-in6 O'uj1=t3, at.e.l ] ) ":ec ::o.r :~. _ill obser'V"1 t ' 1 ,1 r~ t.~d t.l:at uoject s di..;a.?~ared to L'"'3 "'G11't~;- ;e Jt or south. No 'J 1m1l wa s heard at anyti ""'ti.. Cne o').3er r'ir '3"':A. ted tl:~t tl:e light vari":!d r rcm a duJ 1 Nd to vary br~ .. bt. ~;o e ~ti::a..e of si::e ..re3 given e:<:eeJ,r~ t.ha.t light ltms l a rg9r tben u3UB.l star. Or.e ob- sec"\~r estir.lated the ~tlljc.d as cy'.A) miles per l:ot'T. All other observers j..:.;'t: .3aid var:r r as+. b . Obj9c-a tn Ul':O 2 7 c. Ob j e c r,a '12 re obsei"v~d vi311a.J J v from the around. d . Obser mti:>ms were U:ce ..ra.s stated a3 v'3r~r high. ~de from Erook s .lir-~orca :ae.se. No esti.':Bte in f e-"'t tm.s !:lade. Objects uere observed P.e lie bill ty of their te:aenta (attached is l.l!llmown. Ur.c n c ompl~tic~ o r a tour of dut7 from l 6CO to 24CO ~7 JeoruarJ 105.3, I left t:-:e build.:n ~ in lhich I h ad just l::een :-elai~-ed fro:"l duty \:'1e.1. nn officer and several ai;.=::En ~o '.Jere stand!ng outaide brou;ht ~ -:rry attention '':'!At tr..sy c ons:.da1"9d to oe a .:'ly4.-ng oa1~cer. I lco .. <Sd ~?I;'i .]}).J:."'t:Q.ri=!...J e. I took a fe~ :r.o:-3 s-t.e:ps tctlard r.r;r .!utv::noo:.l e ~.t...:.d :.i.:er. decide d t o r.ave al"lot.'-!er looit. ':."'.ce ob ;ec-v ~e~ ~ be :..t 1-....i ~'1 ".. ~ ;lJ.,~n tly l.1.r~r tnan 1:.r..e ave:::-ase star P..nd .1 ta color "l".d ,3:)re of an 11'1.lS teat tte!'S w'RS lO~o:u tl7 '1"\0 SC"md :_::1V'Ol"TMd fl'O::l lle obJect. w i. ~ cro'3scd ~!"...e s'.!:y. Tte ,;-eat.P~l" --;.r:rJ-..al .. ~l3~ : ... .; 'j:'.i.il it .a.n;. ~JUt oi Ji~t. I ~ot in 'to rry car n..;d ,_!r c:re a opro:rl- -~:. .~1:7 oua block tJ'l~n I .1as atofl1:ed b7 a g:rc u p of oon stAnd out in "t::s ~t:reet poil'lt i r II( t o\IBrd t~e slcy. I s~o?ped tile car '1.."'\d b(>t out :..:::-.~ look. At t iJ t.i:w the ob j9ct, I a:1 a33U:ning ti:n t ras tr..e S I P-.. v r.9 t 'aat I saw ba r '", c a n across t.r....l.i-&.14 .on a haadin_g Qt ... ~o}!~ .f-3~.,.at vhat appttu-ticl t-.o be a -r,?..W.; ~;;pad and at a 'I . t'i\l..ti~C!.. I Jay at a 10\18-r :d. t 1 tude because i t app!arad t o be a t least tv.tce a s big as 1 t ws bei ~ 1'11. The color was the same and still there wre Tl'J C.QJ\Y!.rUo:.Qt!a] !.14L"1e, j! cr ~o~ .sou;ld. Tr.e object con~inued its :'::i.6ht across the 11.-f rmtil 1 t disappeared and I decided to go to Base :..-erationa end re,ort what I had seen. Tl:ere l.J8.8 no oM ~t operations ~o t:andle the re~n. J o I ini~iated a smal l il:vesti~tion on 't.'!!'1 own to :ee i.f what I harl stt"iB could be eX?iained. I caJled Kell:r Air Force Bl3.se Opera tiona and asked if the7 had any traffic in the air. He said ~'!at th1' bd a co11ple of conventional type a.ireraf't in the local area. I -1len celled fl!ght service in Austin and ::lllde a report of the 3ighting ar.d :'8qa8Sted if' tl:ey had any jet aireraft in tr..e vicinity of San F.:'ltonio end he sai d that there vas s et ~fie ~n.. ti"'.e .ncJnt~.of. J~aco but n.cme in the San Antonio area. J~ . cal~ed Kell,-for a ;~ri:-icaticm of 'Jbat be bad told before and he stated tlt..at they Md contacted ot their loeal aircraft and that be had seen nothing .:=u:ru.al and that it was perfect fljing weatrar. I called the Base 6f'f'icer of ti'!e Da:;r and vas jnstructed to DB.k8 a f'or::eJ report i:l the mrning . : f irst sav the object at C(X)2 27 ?ebtt:ar J 31'ld when I got bema at 0100, 1: :dcided to ce1 1 P.a.:1do:}.Dh Air Foree Base ~d see i f ~hey-he.d an7 CO:ltl.it:.o!l i . ':'here t.ms n o in.a.3~cot:t:.on or iC.c:l:.i..:icatic n ~ ~ t'.i:l h-!.,d- o,a!~ters '1a9 not noti J~d 'l't t"""'l.t ti~ ~rnrt d/J.~ ate:.t~tnt f'ro.n ;1 -1 Info copies to: Cor!a:ending General Con 1;inental .!ir C ': TDru: .nd :-!. tchel Air Force 'Jnse, Ire"' !or k .. c:nnending Gene~al Jo lrteenth Air 7':'"r"!9 .,..obins Air ?oree -e3e, c r!jia C.n tl:.e night of 27 f'ibrma:::7 1953 I sav O..."l tr..io.enti:.'ie d oojoct in ,.1~ :-...-;n and s ee:-:ed t.:> be novi.!l~ at a. t~--:endou3 opeed . 1~ 'lo.ll.J .! ~r.~ fo~ ~. coupla of -;econd3 and the n =ee~d t o 3i:.oo "t ':.J d:.: :!..2:'~ a.;d -t:~m t o the ri~t.. In one m nu~ it ::tad W'ti'fl 3 0 f:l:'" tha't. I r...::.d Ir was about 2J: 40 on the 27th of ?~bruax::t 1953 ..ri:en ey wa7 t o ;\t ".'.!r' t I thou~t. it to t r :t star or :-:-e"ta or, but it d!d not ~ove f~at .JJ.J,~t.~:l .>r a t r:mdom Jit:a a sbooting star. r_:;w:f-'rsll...ap~aaed...in t h e C0\!1 J \ e Seeln a irort \18.]9 ee!l!rd it. I '- he]' C ')ntinuau t:o <:irc::.e ~r.e vi-1. ..'l:e:;rs m.d nl rme li.ght on oac:1 objec't a.."'ld it a..Jp.ca.Md to 'be ca 1.:~a of atata:tn~ nl ... i -c-ude al ~..bou~b -:ry esti..-;3-t:. o f ~Jpetld \183 close -o ';C9 ;s.r Jt.;.r td c Jn;ared to t'ne jar. nr-:r"lft 1 ' .ive seen. :~:~ .;b ,jiitci.. . .L'lttw l.n a lui vering sort of way as it .. d.~gl.dd. :..ack and ! crth :::.e3.rl.:..r!g south in U:a 11l ree t!on 'l.l}:e~ they wre fir:Jt sigr: tad. ~1o follo,dn~ +..ook nuce on t he nig~t of ?6 Fobrur).IJ lt15J. ; :J I ea-.a t o ,,fork ().t a bout ~0 ~unutes to r.rld-Id~ht I , .:W.onr; '-li'th about t:.-.:1t. o r s o oth~r.,, olJ;;erred a -:~a;eling llg.:n:, in the Jcy. In U!J1--t!j'.!.rrt.nce it loo!C~l.a.~u.t. li!:e a 3t~:r :Jo7ing :1t e.:a:e.J3iV"! speed . r..1e I:la\:. :m:s ~rery r;lsar but I could see ~otnin~ but t.~a li ~ht. s I (;o l ~ 1 hcJ~..r n o .,otor .nd c.::nud see .:1ot!:i.'1g but t :e li~ht I uould prssw=e :o th~ ::cutt:~t.:eJt Jf' ::e. T.,e:-e :ou] 1 h _ .. Je ta.ke n f ~ ono th~r 3t a ~'n the 27 Feb-ruary 1953 I saw an unidentified object ;:.., ti:e skj. -..>J t lookad L ) r.~ li~ e.::o'ther sto.r au-:. -:;as tr~:~ro~3rg ;tt.3... ~r:-i..:'lc l h ol"'9 W!l.J no ;"'nr.r!. On the ni ght of 26 Febr~ 1953, u~on lea~g the comnunications C)n-.:e r , I ~alJ a bri;:;ht ..i~ht i..1 the ;.;q . It appe2.red 1.0 t e 11t.:.w l_.:.~h in tl:e i n ~e . sg_ und bave1 ~ n~ at a hi';h r'J.~-~f s~ed. :riJ s~ed-'- :!., n-i toJ.it:-:iata as ''nl:7 o. li;ht \.'aS vi.:dol3, -c~e:-oi'ore, :. ~ bJd r..o-r.. n gt:.e ss at ~he altitude. One f actor that rnkas --s : ~li:ve ~hat i i. 183 ~ry high i:a3 the 'lbJe nee of o..."'ly sm1nd, ncl!e cc,.ld ;u 1-:~ rrd . r r. t=:e t.:..-:va nnd 1 h m '.\~ed souT.h. It oee-eii to ~"c:o .o ~ -i ...