San Antonio, TexasJuly 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On the night of July 21, 1954, a civilian woman in San Antonio, Texas, saw an orange colored light in the sky. The sighting was at about 11:00 p.m. and lasted two to four seconds. The light was about the apparent size of an orange held at arm's length. It made no sound and left no tail or exhaust.

The witness was watering shrubs by lantern light when she saw a flash and then the light. At first she thought it was a shooting star, but it seemed too low and too large to be a star, and it was orange instead of white. The object flew a straight and level path toward the north, then passed out of view because her home blocked her line of sight.

The night was clear with a few scattered clouds and no moon. An Air Force major prepared the report and listed the cause of the sighting as unknown.

Reported location

San Antonio, Texas

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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: 4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i Bs : { 0 Was Balloon
21 July 54 San Antonio, Texas O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2 lab Hey
2300 : a 0 Was Aircraft
Local ogee = 1 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
GMT 22/05002 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE B Was Astronomical METEOR
0 Yes PL! O Probably Astronomical
YE No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Gl = Othe ple Eien Calle wt)
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
a 0 Unk
2 = 4 Seconds iL N Host ;
ho. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i Attention attracted by Blash. Orange colored 45 deg arc in 2-4 seconds, leteor
light =~ no sound, no exhaust-straighi and sighting,
level course. Observed overhead, thought to
: be shooting star, except too low
and too large and orange inst=ad of white.
Flight to north disappearing out of view
at 45 deg elevation when object veiw obstructdd
by noise.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959076