Von Ormy, TexasJune 1963

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Summary

On June 27, 1963, in daylight, a civilian reported an object near Von Ormy, Texas, about 2 miles north of the town. The witness worked at Kelly Air Force Base. The case was recorded in Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was round and looked like a star seen in bright daylight, about the size of a pinhead at arm's length. It was bright steady white. It was first seen about 80 degrees above the northern horizon and moved west, fading near the sun at about 60 degrees elevation. It was in sight for about 15 minutes. The observer used a four-power rifle scope but could not make out any detail. A radar squadron could not pick it up.

A later report identified the object as a weather balloon released by the U.S. Weather Bureau at San Antonio International Airport. The Air Force evaluated the case as a balloon.

Reported location

Von Ormy, Texas

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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[EERE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;

l 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 a8 Wos Balloon
| 27 June 1963 Von Ormy Texas (m] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G1. nesaly Ballpen | |
y i Vi i O Was Aircraft
TEAS Rr Re Ee Le Wy XIGround- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft |
i GMT 28/00307% 0 Air Visual 3 OQ Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft |
i 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
3 DO Yes O Probobly Astronomical
: Ho Civilian O Possibly Astronemicol
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE J oY) JE An OS A
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 ; 0 Unknown
: 15 minutes one westerly

g 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : ; |
3 Round object simi A :
; J a Similar to a star in Subsequent report states that |
] bright daylight observed at 80dgr object was identified as a

i elevation moving to 60 dgr elevation balloon released by U,S.

PE toward the west, Faded into sun. No weather bureau at San Antonio,
4 radar pickup from area,

A ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001535