PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6787932

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONSan Antonio Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
aX Was Balloon
28 March 1957 San Antonio. Texas 100 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local. Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 29/0116Z AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
to Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown
10 15 minutes one stationary then up
70. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One ject.ishape of large star, size Believe this sighting caused
of baseball, col white and very bright by suns reflection on skyhook
turned pink as sun went down. A balloon.
Shaft appeared f he top. Obj station
ary then went up. There was a (skyhook)
balloon released fm San Angelo, Texas
16 min previous to sighting.
ATIC FORM (REV 26 SEP 52)

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VERY LARGE STAR (B) BASE BALL (C) WHITE AND VERY BRIGHT, TURNED PINK
AS THE SUN WENT DOWN (D) ONE OBJECT (E) NA (F) NA (G) A SHAFT APPEARED
AND SPOTTED THE BRIGHT LIGHT (B) RT DEGREE ANGLE (C) RT DEGREE ANGLE
(D) STAYED STATIONARY AND THEN WENT UP FOR A SHORT DISTANCE AND
DISAPPEARED (E) WENT UP FOR A SHORT DISTANCE AND DISAPPEARED (F) QP !8
(C) NA ITEM FOUR-(A) PQQY ZULU 29 MARCH 1957 KB) DUSK ITEM FIVE-
AGE 33 ROUTE BOX SAN
PAGE TWO RJWFHW 11B
ANTONIO, TEXAS REALESTATE DEVELOPER (B) NA ITEM SEVEN-(A) CLEAR
(B) SURFACE EAST AT 7 MPH, YPPPANORTH AT 1 MPH, QPPPPANORTH WEST
AT 65 MPH 1600- EPP DEGREES AT 25 MPH, WPPPPA EPP DEGREES AT 30
MPH, EPPPPA WUP DEGREES AT 2 MPH, TPPPPA WTP DEGREES AT 65 MPH,
80000 NOT AVAIBLE (C) TNPPP (CD) CLEAR 15 MILES (E) NA (GF) NONE
ITEN EIGHT- NA ITEM NINE- NA ITEM TEN- NA ITEM ELEVEN US WEATHER V
BUREAU ADVISED THAT A 'SKY HOOK* TYPE BALLOON RELEASED FROM SAN
ANGELO WAS PREPLOTTED TO BE OVER SAN ANTONIO AT 0 100Z, 15 MINUTES
THE SETTING SUN REFLECTING FROM THE BALLOON, CAUSED THE OBSERVATION A
S
ITEM TWELVE- NA.
BT 2
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