Project Blue Book Case File
San Antonio, TexasAugust 1954
Summary
On August 6, 1954, a civilian in San Antonio, Texas, reported a small elliptical object in the sky. The man, a licensed mechanical engineer, was driving home in the evening when the object's bright light caught his eye. He stopped his car to watch it.
The object was compared in size to a pea held at arm's length. It changed color as it flew. It started as an intense white light, then turned yellow, orange, pink, and finally dark pink. He watched it for about 5 minutes. During that time it went through four or five cycles of growing bright and then dimming. It flew a straight, level path and made no sound. The man felt the object had consumed itself when it vanished.
The Air Force record for this report, part of Project 10073 (the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports), listed the conclusion as unidentified. A base security officer suggested the cause may have been sunlight reflecting off a weather balloon released that afternoon from the San Antonio airport.
Reported location
San Antonio, Texas
Date of incident
August 1954
State / country
TX / US
Page count
5 scanned pages
USAF evaluation
unidentified
Microfilm
T1206, Roll 21