Project 3073 Record — San Angelo, Texas Sighting

This document is an Air Force incoming message regarding a UFO sighting reported by five teenage boy scouts in the San Angelo, Texas area on April 5, 1966. The witnesses, who were returning from a cookout, observed two oblong-shaped objects, each approximately the size of a passenger plane. The first object was seen hovering before moving swiftly in a southwest direction, stopping abruptly, and descending vertically behind the horizon. A second, identical object appeared and performed the same maneuvers. Later, one of the objects returned, hovered, moved slightly to the west, and disappeared. The witnesses noted that the objects displayed white and blue lights while hovering, and turned bright red during movement. They reported no engine noise despite being close enough to have heard it had the objects been conventional aircraft. Major George A. Sherwood, Jr. was assigned to investigate the report. He noted that the area experienced high-intensity student aircraft activity, leading to a preliminary conclusion that the objects were possibly aircraft. The investigator had not yet interviewed the boys at the time of the report but had spoken to two adults who vouched for the teenagers' maturity and lack of interest in seeking notoriety. The report also mentions that the witnesses were attempting to contact a deputy sheriff in Ohio who had recently tracked a UFO for 85 miles to compare information.