8minnwofsanantonio Texas — November 1959

Category: 1959  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1959-11-6964545-8MiNNWOfSanAntonio-Texas.pdf
Keywords: negative, antonio, randolph, approx, abrupt, rjezhq, oklahoma, texas, suii4mary, airpo1, disappea1ed, zczchqe718zcwjb123, ialjl, sightep, estzrly, rjwrdl, _angle, nversions, lacklandafb, unjcatlon, sym190l, ttmped, u9jilcti, anclolph, llieellcc
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Nov 59 lo.:+zni Nrrw of San Antonio. Te):as o Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION tl Ground-V i suol 0 Air-Vi suol 0 Ground-Rodor 0 Air-Intercept Roder Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft 0 Wos Astronomi c;ol 0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical Cl No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OJI OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Oth'------::------:-~-:---- 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation one min on e \.f and N 10. BRIEP SUII4MARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Rnd, silver-white obj, size of head of pin Probably a/c. There are many airpo1~s Flight path t.vas varied, but obJ finally made ~ n in this part of Texas , & this particul< r abrupt right angle turn tm.,-a.rd the North & day ,.,as ideal f or flying . disappea1ed very quickly ATJC POR.M llt (RSV 2& 8~ 5%) ACTION: CJN. INFO : . bOP, SAFS. . ZCZCHQE718ZCWJB123 . RR. RJEZHQ DE RJWFDL 32 B FM 351 OFL YTRA',I}G RANDOLPH AF 8 TEX TO RJWFAL/AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO RJWFHW/330 AD OKLAHO~A-CITY AF STA OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA RJEDSQ/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER ~/RIGHT PATTERSON ArB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF AFCIN II/ASH DC RJEZHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SAFIS WASH DC lFO X FOLLOWING. REPORT SUBMITTED IAlJl PARA 15, AfR 20o'-2. PARA A ''/1/ROUND . /2/HEAD OF PIN. /3/ SILVER WHITE. /4/ 0NE.-/3/ NtA 16/ NEGATIVE. /7/ NEGATIVE. 8/ NEGATIVE. /9/ NEGATIVE. PARA B /1/ OBSERVER WAS LOOKING FOR AND HAD SIGHTEP THE PLA~E: VE~1US AND OBSERVED UFO AT SAt1E TIME" /2/EL EVATION APPROX 80 DE:GRE:S AZIMUTH APP ORX 120 DEGREES. I 31 ELEVATION APPROX 30 DEGREES AZIMUTH APPROX 330 DEGREES. /~/ OBJECT APPEARED TO PROCEED IN A \1/ESTZRLY. DIRECTION MAKING A GRADUAL TURN TO TEE SOUT'i Trf.::N M~DE AN ABRUPT RIGHT ANGLE TURN TO\vt'\RDS THE t,~JST, THE~ ANO':'HER ABP.l.!PT . PAGE TWO RJWrDL 328 RIGHT _ANGLE TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH. /5/ .. 0BJE.CT DISAPPEARED VERY QUICKLY TOWARDS. !HE NORTH~ /6/ ONE MINUTE. PARA c /1 I GROUND .. . VISUAL. 12/ NEGATIVE: . 1..3i NEGATIVE. PARA D /1/ 1515 ZULU 7 NOV 59. 4 MILES EAST OF. KELLY VOR. -PARA Fi Ill CIVILIAN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DRILL Rr'G OPERATOR IN ROCK QUARRY~ CONSI DERED .RELIABEL -: PARA G 'lli. FAIRLY CLEAR. /21 SURFACE WINDS SSE 10' KNOTS /3/. NEGATIVE. /4/. 15 MILES. /5/ SCATTERED CONDITION. /6/ NEGATIVE. 111 APPROX 1 1/2 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT PER 1000 FEET \1/ITH I NVERSIONS AT . 800 FEET,AND AT 5 000 FEET. PARA H EGATIVE . NEG AT IV E . . PARA. K STAFF OFFICER I N WI NG'OPERATI ONS 3510'FLYTRAWG RANDOLPH AFB IS PREPARING O~FICER. AC&W GCI.AT ' LACKLANDAFB AND SAN ANTONIO WEATHER BUREAU CONTACTED WITH NEGATIVE RESULts.:. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS REVEALS NO .PROBABL E CAUSE oF ,. Sl GHTI NG. PARA L . NEGATIVE. pgge ~ of 2 Page3 JOINT M ESSAGE:FORM Sf'ACE DET.OW ReSERVED FOR C0MM.UNJCATLON CJN'rr;r~ ACCOUNTING O l<.IG . OR l1Er-E~S T O CLA.~!:;IF'ICJ\TION TYPE N~G (Ch.-ck) SYM190L O F ~C:F'EI"lE,.CE f'IH.:CE:OENCE S I GNAi'U R E TYPED (or l ttmped) !lAME AND THLt; SPECIAL I~II<'U<:.;JION~i n EPLACES DO FORM 173 , I OC T ~SI. WHI C H WILL BE USED UNTil . EXHAU.,.7ED S U9JilCTI HEADQUARTERS 3S lOTH FlYING TRAINING WING UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ll anclolph Air Fa rce Bo Ta Air Inte!lli!:;cnce Infonnation .;.teport Ai r T~chnical Int~llieellCC Center H.:-iu:l.t-Patter.a on AF:l, Ohio Thd attach~d AF Forra 11 2 io fon, ard<;cl in nccordance Hith your me::;sag~ f'ONAW .b\ !~OS8 \'{'in' Or~r~ttic"!t OJ.i::e-r AF Form 112 CLASSIFICATION OUMTRY OF ACTIVITY REPORTING REPORT NO. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERNS ~i..1n An ton io, Texas 1\("' T IV I T Y 5 Ui.H" ITT I Nt; RE POO T 3510 Flying 'f r-.tini.ug ~Hng 1~:::mdolph AF.il, Texaa PnPARING INOIVIOUAL DATE OF INFOAI-IATION OATE Of COLLECT ION UAT Of REPORT (LtHtve b I nnk) SRI STATUS (if applicnbl e ) CANCELEOICO~PLETE (;co::-g.:! l-7. Heb~r, Capt., USAF CANCELEUIINCOMPLLI San Art toni.o, Tcx A 0 0 IT I Or !A L I NF OR MAT I ON ON ( IJn t t!!) R IRENCES (BAIR S ubject, previous reports, etc., n3 app/ic n b e) J5l0 Fly Tng ~Jg Msg 022L -10 Nov 59 SU8JEC~ (~scriortve title. Use indjvjdunl reports for s eoorote SU:VMARY (Gie aummary wh.ich ldAhl ights the sBl.ient fsctor11 of nttfrat ive rttport. Begin narr11t lve t~;xt on AF Fnrur 112~ unless repor t c.,n bo f ully 11 tilted o n A7 For m 112-Lis t inclosures, includinA number of copies) 1. Dist e travelled on each leg altitude ~= U?O. lS indeterminate dua t o appat'cnt e ;.{trer.te 2. Oth~r \iitn~ss: poor English, appeare uursuc ntatter further co--v10r ki!.c of observ~r, Latin-ku~rican; s peaks resisti ve to questioning . Pzcparinh offic~r did .1ot with this individual . O I STFOtl UT I CN av OOIC.INATOR ( Ex c Bt"'t USAF 11nd fjfc . Tndic~tte [)upl Mfor. mod copie3 ?/0 inr:/o'lure.,, if .,pplirnble) ATI(! onl y . WAR~ING: Thi3 d oc-u a:ent conlain:t lnf(umstlon nffoctinJI th .. nation.l l rlcfcnso o f t/1~ U nit"'d State~ ithin the ll',.l'lnin.~ o f t~e E.rionu/ttt U.w.'f, Title 1 3 , U.S.C SttcUon 793 ttncl 7 94. Jt/1 trnns!lti:ts.ion cor r h<" rcv~Jntitm rd it: con~<'nt:~ in ;-.ny mnner t o ,,, u nHutho r iud f>"'t"ton ja prohib itttd by lo01, rEP LACES A e FCRM 112. I OCT :;z . WHICH "'-\'1' nf USro CLASS IF I CAT I ON