PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION D Wat Balloon 5 tober 1957 San Antoni e D ProbaltJy Ball .. n 1815 D Wat Aircraft .Le..e . XJtJ Ground-VIaual D GrountiRodar Proltaltly Alrcr.,t 06 0015Z 0 Aa .. va.,.e D Alr-lntetcottt Ro4or D PaasiWy Aircraft D PraltaW y AetronoMicol D PoasiWy Astronalftlcol 7. LI .. TM OP.OIIIItYATION I. NUMIII 011 OIJICTS 9. COURSI! 0 lnauffldent Dat t.r Evalution 4 to 5 seconds lltiiP IY OP SIGHTING A cigar shaped alurnl11Um object the size of a fountain pe u n.t arm's length was sighte d ovurhoad. A. jet noise was heard and t h'Jil s r)ot ted the Ia (RBY 26 SaP 52) 1 1. COMMENTS The source probably saw an a/c, As has been proven lately, many of the late hen wing d esigns (100 serie~) o nly the fuselage can be see , and not the wings. iivf CQ~U)R 7.41 A~t~RON LACKLA~\D AFB TEX TO ZEN/1\Jt~FH\t:/COMDR 33 ADIV OKCTY AF STA OKLA INFO P.JEDEN/CONDR ADC ENT AFR COLORADO SPRINGS COLO RJEDWP/CC~IDR AIR TECHNICAL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AF OHIO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELL HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC UNCLAS FROM DO 741-~23 SUBJECTI UFCB REPORT. ITEM ON~ A CIGAR' c(AL I_NlJM.-D ONE E NONE i NONE G NONE JET NOIS NONE ITEM TWO A JET NOISE E OVERH C ~YER D [ }. T<l9Esi) E J.OST VIEW tUE-TO HOUSES FOUR--TO F'I ITEM THREE -A\ OUND-VISUf\1} E NON C NONE ITEM FOUR-A ITu'. SIX - AGE -FIFTY ONE, PLANT ENGINNEER SAN ANTONIO TEXAS, TELEPHONE: B NONE ITEM SEVEN- A CLEAR F 6 000-70DEGREES-G 16 000-WDEGRE~S-10 i~/A -N/A C UNLIMITED D fifTEEN MILES E NONE F NONE ITEM EIGHT-NONE PAGE TWO RJWFHW 6B ITEM N NE-NONE ITEM TEN-NON ITEM ELEVEN - A POSSIBLE WEATHER ~ A?PA ITION OR A DERIGIB E CSLI ) NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS PiCKED UP BY RADAR ITEM -NONE 0 o/215SZ OCT RJNFHt~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONC liONS tober 1957 an Antonio Texas a Prot.oltt, Bell" 0 AI.-Yfol D Alr-lftttn Ro4er D PoaaiWJ Aircroft D Woa AsttenotRicel a Y a p, ....... , AatreMfRicel . XCI He Mi 11 t D PoasiWJ AatMnedcol 7. UNO'TM OP.OIIIIYA L NUMall OP OIJICTS t. COUIISI D Othor~-~- -- IIIIP OP IIOMnNO One round red object the size of a bend of a pin at arm's len~th. Obj" was soen heading south t:h~n north- west. Object was in sight for from 2! to 3 minutes A'ftC POJIM 129 (REV 21 SaP 12) 11. COMMINTS 0 lnaufflcloftt Dote fw Evaluetion D Unllnown Description, duration, flight path indicate that this sighting was probably caused by aircraft. VlSI1' . YDBI16 VYAI MM JUEDEN R.itDV ajiPJia DE IJIFHV 111 . '" cot~DR 1 4S acwaoN LACKLAND ArB TEX TO ZENICOMDR 33 ADIV OKCTY Af STA OKLA INFO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC INT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO RJEDWP/COMDR AlR TECHNICAL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OJ lNTELL HEADQUARTERS USAf WASHINGTON 25 DC UNCLAS FROM DO 71-1138 SUBJECTI UFOB REPORT. ITEM ONE -(A) ROUND (B) HEAD OJ A PIN <C> RED (D ONE ([) NONE (J)... VERY HI~R- AND MOVING _AT_ A Kl.GH. RATE or Elt'--(G) NONE (H) NOME. APPROXI ,-: f.fAttLv-rxn_!UNOn:stATER Ht mi THi:-sou'ND!-ot JETsL.:'oiNC. ovtii. : ~T COULD NOT SIGHT ANY AIRC FT. NONE ITEM TWO~/ ~ (A) HAPPENED TO LOOK UP AND SEE IT (B) UNA~LE TO GIVI THIS INFORMATION BE- CAUSE(KE COULD NOT ESTI~A.li) (Q) UNABLE TO CIVE THIS INfORMATioN \.BECAUSE HE COULD N()T ESTIMATE ~(D) WHEN J'IRST OBSERVED, IT WAS HEAD- IN~S WHEN IT DISAPPEAR~f-!T WAS HEADI ORTH-VE () fLEW OR MOVED OUT OF SIGHT CF o~ AND ONE HALF TO T;JR[E :MINUTES-... PAGE TWO RJWFHV 181--1----- - -!H~EE-CA~ ~ROUND-VISUAL NONE CC~ NIA ITEM FOUR-<A>( t1312 9 OCT. 1957 cs ..... !, I'i'DI FIVE.,-CAl OBSERVIR'us AT FORT. sAM. ':.~ .. HOUSTON' Itf'sAN. ANTONIO, TIXAS ITDl SIX-(A) NIA (B) 'RESTON DAVIS SERGENT fiRST CLASS, 9TH FIELD HOSPITAL, FORT SAM HOUSTON CHIEF WARD MASTER, 3RD UNITe UNABLE TO ESTIMATE RELIABILITY CIVILIAN . ADDRESS lSI 2'3 HARDY ROAD, VILLA'E TW0 ... J'~RT SAM HOUSTON. TELE- PHONEI TA --~- ITEM SEVEN-() PARTLY CLOUDY (B) 6 EGREIS--11 111261DIGREISlt 21 /D~GREES 2 31 811-NOT TAKEN ,ee~J/ (C) 31 SCATTE CD) fiFTEEN MILES CE) 4/11 OJ CIRUS ) NONE ITEM TEN-(A) NONE ITEM ELEVEN NO POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR THE SIGHTING COULD BE rouND. No-uwsuAL siGHTI~ wAs PICKED uP BY -RADAR. ITEM tw~:tv ll/~149Z OCT RJWFHW PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Wot Balloon 0 Probohly Balloon Possibly Balloon 3. 0.\TETIM! CROUit .. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a Was Aircraft c P robahl y Ai rcroh Possibly Aircraft .C .Ground Visual .5. PHO OS . i. SOURCE ' 0 Wos A~tronomi col 0 Ye 0 Probably Astronomical . :Q'I.No C 5. vi 1.1 n 0 Poaaibty Astronomical 7. LENGTH O,.OBS!RYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS lnsuffi cient Doto for Evaluoti o n 10. 8RI!, SUMM411Y 0, SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :.oun~: o~jcet, .:;iz8 of nirkc1, v~1 i t;.J , twr) in c.: los.) formation. S l owlj PI~)VJd n o r t i'l-.l c s t ~ i. f fl d e d S t a t i o "1 u r y 1,.,. h c n ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP Jl) ~ q ri d u r :t t i_ 0 n balloon sig~lingg InstlfficiJnl dr!t tor evL, J u u tJon o