San Antonio, TexasAugust 1951

Unidentified

Summary

On August 26, 1951, at 1658 (4:58 p.m.), a retired Army officer in San Antonio, Texas, reported a single object in the sky. He was reclining in his back yard when he saw it. The object was very large, dark in color, and described as resembling a delta wing aircraft. It was at very high altitude and moving at a high rate of speed.

The man followed the object from the south until it went out of sight in the north, a span of about 10 seconds. There was no sound, no trail, and no visible projections. The witness said it was traveling too fast for an aircraft. The Air Force evaluated the case as a meteor.

Reported location

San Antonio, Texas

Date of incident

August 1951

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

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\ is ky PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
a; ' EC ———————————— GC —,
1. DATE ( 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
26 Aug 51 San Antonio, Texas 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Poscibly Balloon
16 = 0 Wos Aircraft
i Local 5 Sw HX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Reder o Probably Aireroft
PRE i rE SS 0 Air-Visval D Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
Ss. PHOTOS . SOUR % Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
5 No NW 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CEE RRS RE Ce Ts TOO
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown
10 sec 1 NW
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Color was dark, Shape sketch. Speed was high. | Evaluated as meteor,
Alt very high. Size large. No deviation from
course,lNo sound.
j ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 82)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28939464