PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloo" September 1957 Kell y 0 Probably Bolloo" P ossibly Balloo" 3. DAT!TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Groun cl-Visual 0 Grou"dRadar 0 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft 0 AI,.Visuol 0 Alrl"tercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft a x Was Astro"omi col Venus Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astro"omicol 7. LENGTH O,.OBSIEAVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9 . COURSE 0 Other 0 lnsuffi c ie"t Data for Evaluation 20-25 minutes one southwest 10. BRIE, SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round object, quarter, bright These a r e almos t e xact positions as a star , hut tTIIICh la tger. Light elevation) lowed from five for that time or S l X dull severnl times. Socw~d to then disappeared. 4TJC PORN l29 {REV 26 Sp;P Sl) UNCIASSIF t fl 1 AF FORM 112-PART I APPROVED I JUNE 1948 REPORT HO. (LEAVE BLANK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT AAEA REPORTED Oft San Antonio_. 1'oxaa SAA."fA. Kelly A..VB. Tex:a - DA MATION J September 1957 DATI: 01' IIEJIORT EVALUATIO!t S Septemhar l9S7 Una'laluated PRD'Altm I Y (OJ!icw) SOURCE Majer J. (J!. Imia E.7" Witness REniiiMCES (Cofthol "lllkr, 41rtetiH, Jl"..._. '~ IU., u eppllcabU) dated 12 August 19.54 : SUMMARY: (.EftUr CMidH IIUm_.,.,,.,_,. OIHifitnJJkllfiUIJtjiMl--Milfllce porOffllfll. Llltt ~ciOit.,ullllot w ltft. &PI u:n .,,.pon on A.J' Form 111-Pm II.) . A round bright. to dull object, approximately the size o a quarter heJ.d at,_ arms length was obetad-at 2CCO hours 2 Septeaber 1957~ hovering and moving aver ~Ke~J~J Air Foree Ba, Ta:aa . - U.I'IVA A;_. Af tOK"M 11l t'AK I II (CLASSIFICATION) APPROV0 I JUNE I!Ma AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Aiftq) REPORT 110. Caamander, SAAMA In compliance vith .AFR 2oo-2, dated 12 Augus-t 1954, the f ollowing report i s submitted: (a) Shape roung/ -- . (b) Size c~d to a ~ object ~aite!) hel d in t h e hand at arms . {c) Color Bright !lee a star, but much larger . . (f) Any di.scernable features or details -Light g}..Ql.'"ed ~rom five or six points. which went ~from bright. to dull~ several t imes. ,., (g) Ta1lj traU or. exhaust, including size of same canpa red to oi7.e o object. -Nona , ' ~ (i) Otha pertinent or unusual .features -Observers s tated that o:1jec t just hovered in one spot unti l starting to disappear. . (2) Description of cours e -of objecta -:- : -: . (a) One airman was on the. balcony outs-ide of barracks and ju.st happened to look up and saw object.. He called ano t h e r airman out and pointe d object out to (b) Angle of eleTation approximately 20 and angle of azimuth appro.xiJnately . (c) A~e .~t eleTation ap ate~ 10 and angl~ of a~:imuth appr~mately . (d) 'Object' 'appeared in the , s~tlnleat at about 20, 'i t seeme d to r emai n ~stationary ! or a pproximately 20 to 2$-minutes . The object moved i n a s t raight line southwest until it dis a pp eared from observers view behind soroe barracks. (e) Objec~ di.'3appeared by going bel~ tops of barracks. (r) Cbject was in sight.. for appr oximat ely 20 t o 25 minutes. Manner--of ob~tervationz . . (a) Ground visual u ::-:.~"'-:-(b) Iiight. oondi. tiona -Hight. ? ' .. :.~-'(5) Loeati.On o observers: 'Kelly AFB, Teus, on balcony, southside or barracks . .(6) -'Identifying. intormation or ~all observers s 7ooth Air Transport Group, Personnel Clerk, Ke-lly' AFB, 700th Air Transport C-roup, Kelly' AFB, Texas-, .. Clerk in OIS, unkno'Wll. {7) Weather and Winds: Alofi c ondition s at time and placo of s i gbtingt .. (a) Observers stated it was clear with some l i ghtning in the northeast. . (b) Report from the Wea t her Bureau, Kelly AFB, Texas, revealed that at 2000 hours, 2 September 1957, wind and v e locity we r e as f ollows: ~ti.tude .. . .. . Wind Direction (degrees) Velocity (knots) :Sur.tace . Uot available !fot. avail~ble not available "" ' ..::-... -- -.. -~ """""'"c-nc--ru.: IINITl'O <;TA'fts WITHIN Tl1E MEANING OF Tl!E ESPIONAGE ACT. SOU S. C - AF FORM1lt-PART II APP~VED I JUNE 1!\48 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORT HO. I'AGI 2 OF (e) Ceiling-Unliited .. (d V1a1b1Jit,. -15 tdlee (e .boaat at clmd cov.--0 to 5/lD seatter.:l c1rrua at ~000 .tt ( r 1inmexatoz'lliS iD the area -at 220COZ Septenber 1957, one (1) tbmdAu- stoza with occasional lle~tn1ng in clouda. . (8) ~o marl act.1vi't7 or cetdition Mteorolocical aat.ronanical~ or ot. joe wtdda might aceunnt tor aigbt.ing. (? ) no or i.oterceptica actioa tak1m. {10) 'l'here were DO aircraft .trta Kelq .l..V~ !ex in tho area at tb1 tj=ae of (ll.) Chief Sea1ri~ Divisim:a, lelly A?B !a:xaa. Possible C!I088 of aighti."'lg uritJO (12) 2io ph7aical eridenee or sight.ing. ost Prominent Venus, the only planet now visible in the evening, is a brilliant object in the sky and will soon be ioined by the leonids, "shooting stars." By JAMES STOKLEY ~ TH:\ T KRll..LlANT object you ICC in the: sourh, c;>tcrn sl..y thete evcnin11 u dar~ ncu Talis " rwt an airpbnc, a 8yin1 tat.k.1", or some hri~eht light huns in the &Jty u part of :m cxpcnmcnt. \\'h;at vou sec is the ptaoet Venua. now ro ch1ng 1ts gre.,ltst prominence, wb.icll comes tusr bd orc iu disappc.~r.wcr: from the C\CIIIII~ \flV C:lrly in J958, \\~nu\ ,, br bnah~r than any other itar ur pl.u1ct \CCII in the n1ght sky and there 1< n tllh.:ulrv in Jdrnu/yllliJ it. Indeed. it .:.1n he h'oCncJ Ions before the sky il lUrk. In f.o.r, 11 \OU J.nuw where: to look, you u.o -\hrr II r .. ~J bdunc.J the sun Wt April I"' \' t'IIU\ h.B IJT:IIdwlly been draw in. 1D the rJt .,f 1ho~1 body. That mant that it hll)""c:J the sun in its daily motion acrou the: d. v . .amJ tO rmtaiocd vuablc: in the est Jftcr the )Un had set. On Nov. IS it will he b rrhe1 e:ut of the IUD bcocc rmu.inin1 10 rhr ky for the: lonJICSI time afu:r IWltd, ncarlv rhret: hours. A{u:r chat it wiU 1tut ln)YIII~ !U~anl the SUO ~pin. l3c~:au.c of iD c:arly tC'ttiJJ&o fanaa docs no t .1ppcar on the ~panyin1 map. of the: November evcnia& akia, wbkh ahow their :~ppc:annce about 10:00 p~ youJ o k ind oi Jtandard time, u the fine ol. ~ .. txr. Y:iX> p.m. oo the 1 Sth and a :00 p.ArL OlD DOt in ~psua at aD, but ia tM Mi~& poop. Andromeda. Tb.a CI)Ottabtioo reptCSCiitl the Ethiopfn priocesa w~ ac:- cordiotco mytholocJ, wu chained eo a rock to be dc-toumi by a .s mOn.u:r,rqxexnted by tbe ccmb::llation of Cetu1, the whale, in che lOUth. FortuDatdy, ahc wu ~by lbe hero, PerK~, who ia ~em in the nord..- Aadzomcdas mocher, CAssiopeia. II KOI in the oorth, a group forming the knrt M, ~ Pol.uU, the pole aar. Alongside her il her husband. tM k.Jng, CephruJ. Twning DOW toward the ea.st, we c:a.o 1e1e w!ur il J'CI)Cnlly co"'idcred to be the nncst ooa.stdb tica in ~ sky ma luna its debut for Tbia b Orioa. the wanior, euily ~ aiud becawe ol tbc three ttan U1 a row daac .b1u bia belL To the left iJ Betd.- acuae, tD tbe ri,hc is IUJCI. both ol ~ nnt IDipitude. ahbou&h ~ 10 low in the sky me, do DOC war bricbt aa they . These: maps do, boacfa', ahoa tbowll r~ th4lt are now visibk. . J T oward t:he west is veneo, :at tbe 'top ~ the "notthcm croa, .. which ia redly put of the c:onstcllarion ol Cypus, the awa.u. Denrb is in the bird'a tail; i., bet. tbe wocd is Arabic and me2ru "t:W... The aoupicxc ... .. represents the winga, and tbe lower part ol the crnu bi.a loo1 ncx=k, ttre"bcd bwatd in $~hL At the bod is Albiteo. a ltlr ~ che ~nd magrutudc on the ucrooomial bng bmc:a x:alc. Below Cnnw is a..oohcr first-magnitude sar, Vep, in Lyra. the lyft. T n the left is another bird. Aquila, tbc c::~glc, with the JUt Altair. l-lgh in the JOUth you can tee the: four sun that form the .. &Jeat eqoarc, put ol the COf'lstcJiacioo of PtptiJI, tbe winaed bone. Although thcx are aoc unon1 die J bri~thtct. :bar chanctaiacic atrliQCC IUCftt t ~ ~ m~:to lhc:m a guod ~ piacc f.t'OID wbach k hod ocber The boc . .~.,.. :actually, ia uptick doaa io cbe eky. aa 1M :r; : w ,..., row ot JtUI a~ watwanl froaa dat ' .1,. .. 4 IAJT . lower ri&hr CllrDCr d the aquarc is bit be.df , . will in the coming munrlu. I hrn "1!1 5ex them h1gh in the \4uth }w t above: Onon ~ T;~uru\, the hull, .,. 11!1 bnlliant Aldc~ran, :and h the leh nf fhl' figure JDDcU Aurip, the .:h..riutet:r, w11h lint maptudc CapdJa. Although only Venus is now vuil>k in tbe evenins, two other piUlrn :appe:~r 10 rhc southeast bclore sunrise. Brightnt o f the..c is Jupiter, in dtc: c:onrrll:u ion of Vrao. the: virgin. It is d01e to fhc bright star Sp1.:.1. However, it c.xaxdt rhc sur in hnlliJih:c about tw times. Farther C2st i.s MJrs, riiing about :an hour ahead oi the sun. lu brighlllc:ss is :~bout half t!ut of Spica. Mcrrury and S.mun arc both 100 near the sun to be. C:l\ilv visible: in Novanbcr. Shower of "Stars" to Come November is the month bringins.t one of year's famous showen o ( mrtrn1 s. ur "shoo6ng stan," which :appear frl)m ;~\:>our the 13th ID the 16th. They :arc mosr numcrou' :~frc:r nuJ111s:ln, bee.. we then ~ c arc o n the: for~ .ard '"'" nr the earth w 1U .lnnwl movemcn r Muund the sun. Thus, we mt thc:m hC'.1J on Thil is d ifferent from the cvc:nlllj( hour' when we are on the rc:arward part. and Ke o oly th01e that atch up to Ui. The stut;: upper~!'.. Ia ~ .~ :_.0 . j e , _SY BQL FOR ST~RS I OROE~ ~G s/ r._