San Antonio, TexasSeptember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On September 22, 1956, at about 3:45 a.m., four observers at or near Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas reported one round, intensely bright white object about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. One witness said it had several exhausts around its outer edge that seemed to make it move counter-clockwise.

The object was first seen at 340 degrees azimuth and 75 degrees elevation and disappeared at 110 degrees azimuth and 75 degrees elevation. It first looked like a falling star, but as it got closer to the earth it appeared larger. While moving from north-northwest to east-southeast it made several erratic movements before disappearing behind the clouds. It was watched for about ten minutes.

The duration was too short for a balloon, and the wind data did not fit that idea. The report noted the possibility of an aircraft because of the duration and motion, but no aircraft were in the area. The Air Force found the report insufficient for analysis.

Reported location

San Antonio, Texas

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Bolloon
22 September 1956 Stn Antonio, Taxas D Probably Balloon
S. DATE-TIME GROUP — 800 Antonio, Texas O Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
qe X ¥ 0 Was Aircraft
RN ERY Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircroft
Fy NOS 2
GMT 22 / JYo 57 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | 3 Possibly Aircraft
ATE © TINIOrCOPY Rodar
S. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XU Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TEE
Dx Rg elont Data for Evaluotion
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ten minutes one NNW to ESE wa
Begs grossing semen sne ag TT HG as a i ———— —— er ——. EE ———————————————. —————————————
10. BRIEP® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round white object y Size of a Durzntion too short for balloon
nickel at arm's length, Object was and wind data confiicts wit h
seen by four observers, Object was this analysis, Report indicates
first seen at 340dgr azimuth 75 dor Possibility of a/c due to dura-
elevation, Object disappeared at 110 and motion; however, no a/c in
dgr azimuth 75 dygr elevation, Object area, Additional data not re-
first appeared to be a fal ling star ceived, Report considered in suf-
but as it got closer to the earth it ficient for analysis.
got larger, Object, while Proceeding
from NN¥ to ESE made several erratic
movements, Object disappeared behind 3 THES
the clouds after having been soon vigually for 10 minutes.
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