Lackland AFB, TexasApril 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On April 1, 1952, at 10:15 p.m. local time, an airman at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas observed a white, sphere-shaped object during a one to two second sighting. The observer was watching a C-97 aircraft take off from Kelly Air Force Base when he noticed the object with a white trail. The object traveled in a horizontal plane, started as a circle, became oval, and split into parts of equal brightness. It moved at an apparently high rate of speed. The observer could not identify the object and heard it was audible to him. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

Lackland AFB, Texas

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
9 Apr 52

2. LOCATION
Lackland AFB, Texas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 2240
GMT 10 0440Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual
□ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual
□ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
□ Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Airman

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1-2 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
E to W

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
White color. Sphere shape.

11. COMMENTS
Source was watching C-97 take off when his attention was attracted to object with white trail.

12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
X Was Astronomical (Uniden)
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
X Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941183