San Antonio, TexasOctober 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On October 5, 1957, at 1:15 p.m. in San Antonio, Texas, a civilian witness reported seeing a cigar-shaped aluminum object about the size of a fountain pen. The object was sighted overhead traveling west for 4 to 5 seconds. A jet noise was heard, and then the object was spotted. The Air Force investigator noted that the source probably saw an aircraft. Since many late-model aircraft designs only show the fuselage from certain angles and not the wings, the object may have been an aircraft viewed from a perspective where wings were not visible. The case was evaluated as unidentified.

Reported location

San Antonio, Texas

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 October 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Lost: 1815
GMT: 06/0015Z

5. PHOTOS
O Yes
O No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
4 to 5 seconds

2. LOCATION
San Antonio, Texas

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X'D Ground-Vised   O Ground-Radar
O Air-Vised        O Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
West

12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
O Probably Balloon
O Possibly Balloon
O Was Aircraft
O Probably Aircraft
O Possibly Aircraft
O Was Astronomical
O Probably Astronomical
O Possibly Astronomical
O Other_
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
A cigar shaped aluminum object the size of a fountain pen it arm's length was sighted overhead. A jet noise was heard and then spotted the object.

11. COMMENTS
The source probably saw an a/c, As has been proven lately, many of the late when wing designs (100 series) only the fuselage can be see, and not the wings.

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