San Antonio, TexasSeptember 1958

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Summary

On September 2, 1958, near San Antonio, Texas, a civilian witness reported seeing two unidentified objects. The first object rose vertically and appeared round with a brilliant silver color and a flame trailing behind it. It was visible for one to thirty minutes. The second object had an orange color with flame trailing and remained in sight for three seconds while moving horizontally. The two objects showed no association with each other. The Air Force evaluation was listed as Unknown.

Reported location

San Antonio, Texas

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
2 September 1958

2. LOCATION
San Antonio, Texas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
03/0030Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Binoculars
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1-30 mins/2-3 secs

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
two

9. COURSE
1-straight u
2-NW

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical Meteor
Probably Astronomical Meteor
Possibly Astronomical Meteor
Other____
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
1. Two object description - round, size of star, brilliant silver color not in formation.
2. Orange colored flame trailing, in sight 3 secs w/horizontal flight.

11. COMMENTS
1. Obj rising vertically balloon 2.0bj in sight 2-3 secs trailing flame meteor. No association between the two objs rptd.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979754