Foster AFB, TexasDecember 1954

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Foster AFB, Texas in December 1954. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 22.

Reported location

Foster AFB, Texas

Date of incident

December 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
6 P50 | SS A fC aac I RT
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
18 Davaatias’ Yor Ls a 3 1 Vas Bollaon
! vecemoer 195 Losier Ars, Texas 0 Prabobly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 19 Possibly Balloon
re \ : 0 Wos Aircraft
Local — 2 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rodar OQ Probobly Aireroft
BAe (he bed JRE HR RN po ; i i
GMT 13/1357 a Ve UUBEST CL Air-Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
BC RREE CC TYY (7 Y SE tees tnervean~ I EEREURSS IAA ee Se ep tp te eens
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yea 1 Probobly Astronomical
a Ne Civilian & Mi14tnam 0 Possibly Astronomical
RR AE BE EE nse) CE MA LA bay
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHR DE RRC SC
i 0  lasufficiant Dota for Evalustion
oY TES 8 Unknown
Cver 3 hours 1
RR EE RE Emm ee eerie EA HE SRN
10, BRIE? SUMMARY OF SICHTING 1. COMMENTS
-olong and/or round, Matall LCs Une object Object w identified as a weather
- witn another suspended wndern: ath, Vas balloon.
- stationary, San Antonio CAA center reported
Goodfellow A B bg 1 38 2 1izht ad 1} allc ons tied
together. A/C scrambled .
§ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 3ZP 32)
/
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960700

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Programs and code names

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Places

Foster AFB Foster AFB, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1954 1954-12-01

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