Sanantonio Texas — August 1954

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATIOH Sa.'1 Antonio , Texas DATETIME GROUflt 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Xt:1 GfOurul Visual 0 ~ourul-Rodor 0 AI,.. Visual 0 Alrlntercet~t Radar LENGTH Ofl.OBSUVATION .. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 10. BRIEJI SUMMAitY or SIGHTING S~ll., intense Hhite light varying in UNIDENTIFIED to yel low, ~t"'nge a na finally pink irough 4 o:- cycles of ~urning. Observati on 45 Deg el ev t r aveling 15 jeg laterally. 4T1C FORW 329 (REV :Z6 SEP S:Z) CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Ball-" Passi bl y Balloo" Was Ahcraft PfObably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Po ssi Wy Astronomical NID.l:1fTIFlED Insufficient Ocrto for Evc,luotlor PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably B alloon OATE TIME GROUP 4. T YP E OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon a Was Aircraft 0 Groun~-VIsual 0 Groun~Ra~ar 0 P ro bably Aircraft 0 P a ui bl y AIrcraft 0 Air-Vi suol 0 Alrlntercept Ra~ar A stronoml cal 0 P roba bl y Astronomical Ci vilia.""l 0 Possibly Astrono micol LENGTH 011 OBS! .. VATION HUMBER 0,. OBJECTS Insuffic ient Oato for Eval u a tion 25 Minutes 0 Unltnown 10. B RIEf' SUMMARY 0, SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Re'1ort c.:l.rried Insufficient dat a ovP.r r a r2.o, girls, 1 5 yrs a.n:i 11 yrs, out of clouC.s . lil anc ATtC l"OR:W 329 (REV 26 !ltP 5 2 ) ... lloli .. , _ 1 tJfrt I r o"'lJl' rell..Lbil.:. .. l f'ot I 4lo PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .J'l or.~c, Te::ns DATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION .J<I Ground-VI sua I 0 GroundRador 0 Air-Visual 0 Alrlntercept Rodor XXHo Ci.r:.lian 7. LENGTH 0,. OBSERVATION HUMBER OF OBJECTS Sec orrl s BRIE,. SUMMARY 01' SIGHTING obse r vt:"d throu?'~ wi_ "1d O'.'i'. cp'::1ea.r e i -~gat:. .~en turned :.r:to the o~j~t:, .... Objc~t or s~rved thr cu rJ.1 degr e e s 4TtC PORW 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon P robably Balloon Possibly Balloo n Wos Ai rcraft Probably Aircraft ? o ssi bl y Atrc:roft Nos Astranomlcar: -="!'S::?.S P robably Astronomical Po~sibly Astronomic::~! In sufficient Dot a for Evaluation !"::eteors. (SECURITY INFORMATION wh" n filled in) COUffT!lY OF ORIGIN REPORT NO AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ARt:A RtPORT CONCERNS SA.1ii ANTONI O. TEXA=S'----- AGENcY OF ORIGIN :W'"TEU.IGENC.E DIVIS I ON l.ACKlAHD AFB, TEXAS T DATE OF REPORT i 25 AUGUST 1954 DATE OF INFORMATION OF INFORMAT10:6 t Hq Sq , USAF ?re Flight :zs AU,IUST 1854 EVALUATION RAL!-li W. F3I.GER, CAPrAnJ, USAF Cnia f Intall Division REFERENCES (Cortlrolllumi>tr, dlrectire, prer>io111 report, clr., a 1 applicable) REPORTillG OF l~ORMATIOll ON illiiDEN1'I7I:D FLYIDG OB.ECTS (L.,no blank ) SUMMARY (EnltT c01tdH .um1nar11 of report. Gi..e 1iqnijicance in final ont-un!mu paragraph. Lut inclo.ure.. at /ou;a left. Bevm tat of report on AP' Form tUG.) The following is a report oi' the s i ghting o f an tm.identii'ied flying object in the San Antonio area. first object was the source s wife ;7hila a t his resid,.ce at , San Antonio , Texas. Tne s ourees -;'lti'e was in bed and noticed the object in t h e sk-J th::-Of1gh the windaw. The object remAined in view tar approximately 25 seconds. It appeare d aa a. b r i ght !llmost llhite ligpt llhich turned into an aLnost r e d light be.fore the object diminished. Sources wi.f'e ealled for him to o om.e into t h e r oot1 but by the time source arri'Yed. the object had disappeared. Source and h i s wi.fe eontinuecl to wa-teh. the sq and appraxi' tely ten (10) mi nutes later a suiliar object appeared in eppraxima.tel7 the sai!Jl' poeitian as the .first. The oharacteristica of the second objec~ were the same as the .first. It pa.saed through a 70 to 75 degr arc in 15 .-appearing from the north eaat and tra?eling to the -~wen. The source ia an Intelligence Inatructor with the trStF Pre Fligh-t School a t this ataticm. While stationed at White Sa.ncht. New Mexico, he had heard mvaerou stories aboutltJ'lying Saucers" OIST!liBUTtON BY ORIGINATOR Ji.:'oc~or of I n t elli_,once, Hee.dquartar s T.JSA7, 1Jaahinf5-bon 25, D.:.:. _\lr r 3Chnicu.l !ntalligen.ce Center, .hiK~t .?9-tt~raon ..Ui'"B. :::nl o WARNING: Th,. dooumHnt cont,ins inlo rnMtion nflectiniJ the nllrionlfl dt>fn3tJ of the United States within tho me<tr>ing o f the E3pio- r: .J;ltt Law.J, Title /8, U.S. C., Swc:cion 793 (_lnd 794. lt:t t rllnsmi.:Jsion o r tho r e tc"'lntion o f ito!J content.s i n o.ny . .o:THlnner to an un;au thori:tted pt:rson i. ptohil>lred by law . lt may not be rl!"ptoduced in whnlo o t i n part, by o:her rh:>n United St:~tes Air Force AjJencio., oxcep t by p~rmi;sion of tha Director of lnt<'llftJonco, USAF. II C FC~M 11 2 I JoJ'4 18, WU:CH '~AY Jf U'<ED. W:,SIFIW\I!ON (SECURiTY I NFORMATION when 111/..d i n ) ---;ot.:;.;.;;;, .. ;;(te;A-ATIOfeno;;~--(S2CURITY INPORMATION when lilted in) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 INATING AG.Qi<;Y ' IB~ELLIGANCE DIV!SIOR REPORT NO. ~CKL\.."'ID A..""B I T;z:.{AS ~tad 26 Aug~st l9o3s Description ~r object: (a) lleg n ti"'Te. Source only sa'.> -;!le glO"i'". (b) Bal i'way between size of :..ar s end Ver.'..lS 'Yritn --:")r:n.a.l (:;) Brit;ht, allaost 7lhite licnt ci'a..,~in.; to :r-sd. (d) Tv1o ( 2) object a?p r oxima.tely 10 ::1in utos ~part .. (a) J egativs (f) Neg:1tive (g) Negs.tive (h) Negative ( i ) ~iegative (2) Des cription of course of ob ject: (a) Sighted by souroe 'a wi.fe through windO" Second object " s.s si;~ted a pproximately ten ( 10) minutes later after sour~e ~as called into bedroom by his wife. (b) Approximate elevation 35 to 40 degrees. A: inn.~th 700 mils. ( c ) A.ppraximate eleV9.tian 26 t o 35 degrees. Azimuth BOO t o 1900 mils. (d) the flight of the first object waa errs.tic a s cbaerved by s ource's ;vife. ~s might have been oauaed by ligbt and :1.ase condi tiona and sources wife did not have her glaasea on at tne time. Th e second object traveled in straight flight. Both object s tra~led from Uort.h Bast to South West. (e) The llgh:t intensity diminished until completely ciisa.ppear~d. , (r) 'fhe first obcJect was in s igh-t about 25 ooconds. The second objeot waa in sight about 15 seecmd Nnn~er or oba&Jt&ti~: (a) Gt-~Visaal (b) Wo optical ai.a r wsed e:xoept normal 'H&r'i:tg (o) :ilat appllcabt.. . l'i::le and date ~ 1cht~: . (a ) Firat object w.a ::i~tecl at 0.401/2:& A~ M. wu sigh"cl at 0450Z/2-4 Aug 6-4:. (b) Night. The second objeot (5) Looati on at observers a Identuying in:i'orticm an observer a San Antonio, Texa Oooupationa Bouanii"e. estimated. .(A,liability not ,l:Jt .J,.t Headquarters Squadron, USlF Pre-Flight Sohool, Lackland AFB, T as. Outya lntalli~en~ Instruc~or. Seems t o be relia~le ~d h~ had ~ackground ~ t~a Intelligence F ield 9-::td U."lidenti.!'ied flJi!l6 objects lVARNING Tht4 document contain4 informacion nHecr.n/J thtJ narioniJ/ de/~ne of thft United Stlltes within the m .. ninl o f the Epionnfl~ l.'""" Title 18. U S . C .. Secrion4 793 and 791 I t a rran,miu/on o r the reve/etion of it" content s i n an.)' manner to an unaltho n .,.d P"rton iiJ prohtbited by la w . lt ma y nor b e r ep rodu<:od in whole or in part, by other tha n U nited Statee Air Force A<f.,m;,.,,, fiYCe p l by ~rm,.on of the Dir~ctor of /nte//i/Jence, USA F. REPLACES AF FORM lllPART U, I JUN 43. WHICH MAY BE USED. Cl...ADSI~ICA lION !SECURITY INFORMATION when filled in) U. $. 'OVU"""IJitt "I Nlte 0 "1CC la.-~4':'G-1 4!1W'&SII'ICAT~ (SECURITY INFORMATION when filled in) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 OftiGIHATIHG AGEHCY REPORT NO. INTELL!G2;NCB DIVISION \CILA:1D .A.F3, 1'3XAS Weather and w~ds alo:Ct c::m:ii t i.:ras :.oi:; ti:m o.t' 3.1l:i (a) I nterniittant clouds. {b) Weath.ar conditions at 2230 hour o , Surface , South Eaat, 135 degr ees, 6000 feet, 090 degrees, 12 knot~ 20, 000 feet, 090 degrees, 10 ~mots 40,COC feet, 185 degree~, ~5 knots 0CO feet, 185 degrees, lS ~ota 15 rul e s (8) Nega"t;in. ( 10) Negative. (ll) Rep~rt ?light Op tio~ at Kelly Air Force Ba~e recoTds ~o ~ir trai'1\ic in t.lte ar-. ~t -the cbe of the sighting. (12) Ohiet, mtlelligq.oe Dirlsion. Bo oo:aact. WARNI.VG.-Thl document r:ontaina informacion a ffectinA rS,e n ar/ona/ defen5e o f the Unite d State5 within the mean.in,f o l r h a epion.>Ae l..Dw~. TitltJ /8, U. S . C., Sectiona 793 and 794. lt5 tran5mlsd'on o r the r e velation of i u conlenu i n an7 o1anner to an """uthorlzed piJrJon i s proh,bited by law. 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