San Marcos, TexasAugust 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On August 15, 1954, a military observer in San Marcos, Texas reported a dark blue oblong object without discernible features. The object flew on the same course as an aircraft. It seemed to fly in formation with an aircraft on a collision course. The object changed course and flew across in front of the aircraft. The sighting lasted 5 minutes. One object was observed. The Air Force conclusion was unidentified.

Reported location

San Marcos, Texas

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 15 Aug 1954

2. LOCATION: San Marcos, Texas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: [illegible]
GMT: 16/04:20

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[] Ground-Visual  [] Ground-Radar
[X] Air-Visual  [] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE: Military

6. PHOTO: [] Yes

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 Minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: [illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Dark blue oblong silhouette without discernable features flying same course as acft. Seemed to flying formation with a/c on collision course. Changed and flew across in front of acft.

11. COMMENTS: UNIDENTIFIED

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Other: UNIDENTIFIED
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

AFIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959324