San Antonio, TexasJuly 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On July 23, 1956, civilians and military personnel in San Antonio, Texas reported seeing one round, very bright object about the size of a dime at arm's length. The object was silvery-white and thin. It appeared in the sky and moved almost directly over the observer, then halted for a few seconds before turning and disappearing toward the southeast. About five minutes later, the object appeared in the southeast and moved on a straight line to the northeast, where it disappeared again. Ten minutes after that, the object moved on a straight course to the southwest where it disappeared. The sighting lasted about 1 minute for the first viewing and 2nd and 3rd sightings of 1 minute each. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

San Antonio, Texas

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
23 July 1956                     San Antonio, Texas             [ ] Was Balloon
                                                                 [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP               4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [ ] Possibly Balloon
Local                            [X] Ground-Visual              [ ] Was Aircraft
GMT 24/0335Z                     [ ] Ground-Radar               [ ] Probably Aircraft
                                 [ ] Air-Visual                 [X] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                        [ ] Air-Intercept Radar        
Yes                              6. SOURCE                      [ ] Was Astronomical
No                               Civilian & Military            [ ] Probably Astronomical
[X]                                                             [ ] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION         8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS           [ ] Other
1st sighting: 1 min              9. COURSE                      [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2nd & 3rd 1min each              one                            [X] Unidentified

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round very bright object about
size of dime at arm's length. Color                            11. COMMENTS
was silvery-white & thin. Obj was larger                       Report of this sighting came fm
& brighter than a star. Obj appeared                           Maj Kelly & Sgt Sally Kelly, AF Tex
in sky & moved SE almost directly                              via AF Form 112. Length of time
over observer then obj appeared to                            of each sighting & straight course
halt for a few seconds before turning                         of obj indicate a possible a/c.
& disappearing towards the SE. About                          Evaluation is possibly a/c.
5 mins later, obj appeared in SE &
moved on straight line to NE where it
disappeared again. Ten mins later,
obj appeared in NW & moved on a straight course to SW where it dis-         No Report in FIle
[illegible]

AFIC FORM 328 (REV 15 SEP 52)

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