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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
2 September 1957 Kelly AFB, Texas 0 Probably Balloon
TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual D Ground-Rador 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 03/0200Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Ex Was Astronomical Venus
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XC No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
20-25 minutes one southwest
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object, size of quarter, bright These are almost exact positions
as as star, but much larger. Light (azimuth & elevation) of Venus
glowed from five or six points bright for that time and place.
to dull several times. Seemed to hover
then disappeared.
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AF FORM 112-PART I UNCLASSIFTED
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 (CLASSIFICATION)
COUNTRY REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANKO)
USA
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT .
UFOB
AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency)
San Antonio, Texas Commander, SAAMA, Kelly AFB, Texas
DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INEORMATION EVALUATION
5 September 1957 3 September 1957 Unevaluated
PREPARED BY (OfiCET) SOURCE
Major J. G. Davis Eye Witness
REFERENcEs (Control number, directise, previous report, ec., as applicable)
AFR 200-2, dated 2 12 August 1954
SUMMARY: (Enier comcise mmmary of report. Gise rignifcance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begim tezt of report on AF Form 118-Part II.)
A round bright to dull object, approximately the size of a quarter held at arms
length was observed at 2C00 hours 2 September 1957, hovering and moving over Kelly
Air Force Base, Texas
sighted over one of the largest ais Fore
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(a) Cne airman was on the balcony outside of barracks and just happened
to look up and saw object. He called another airman out and pointed object out to
him
260°.
260
(d) Object appeared in the southwest at about 20, it seemed to remain
stationary for approximately 20 to 25 minutes. The object moved in a straight line
southwest until it disappeared from observers view behind some barracks. southwest until it disappeared from observers view behind some barracks.
(e) Object disappeared by going below tops of barracks. going below tops of barracks.
(f) (f) Object was in sight for approximately 20 to 25 minutes.
(3) (3) Manner of observation: Manner of observation:
(a) (a) Ground visual
(b)1 No optical aids used
(c) N/A
(4) Time and date of sighting
(a) 2200Z September 1957 (a) 2200z September 1957
(b) Light conditions - Night (b)Light conditions - Night
(5) Location of observers: Kelly AFB, Texas, on balcony, scuthside of barracks Location of observers: Kelly AFB, Texas, on balcony, scuthside of barracks
#h189 (East Kelly) #h189 (East Kelly)
(6) Identifying information of all observers:
(a)}N/A
(b) (1) A/1 AF 170oth Air Transport Group,
Personnel Clerk, KellyI AFB, Texas, unknown,
Transpor Group,
Kelly AFB, Texas, Clerk in OIS, unknown.
(7) Weather and winds: Aloft conditions at time and place of sighting:
(a) Observers stated it was clear with some lightning in the northeast.
(b) Report from the Weather Bureau, Kelly AFB, Texas, revealed that at
2000 hours, 2 September 1957, wind and velocity were as follows:
Altitude Wind Direction (degrees) Velocity (knots)
Surface
6,000 ft 120 6n
10,000.ft 30
16,000 ft 20
20,000 ft 50 15
Not available Not available
30,000 ft Not available Not available
50,000 ft Not available Not available
60,000 ft
ENCE OF THE IINITFD STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, SO U. S. C.-

FROM (Agency) REPORT NO.
Commander, SAANA PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES
Cailing -Unlimited
Visibility- 15 miles
Anount of clood cover
Thunierstoras in the
storm with occasional lightning in clouds.
(8) No urmsual activity or otheriine
which might account for aighting.
() No identification or interception action taken.
(20)
sighting.
(21)
unknosm.
(22) f sighting.
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constellation in the sky making its debut for November is the month bringing gone of
In fact, if you know where to look, you can the season. the year's famous showers of meteots, or
even see it in broad daylight! "shooting stars," which a appear from about
After it passed behind the sun last April Orion: Season's Finest the 13th to the 16th.
14, Venus has gradually been drawing to They are most numerous after midnight,
the east of that body. That meant that it This is Orion, the warrior, casily recog- because then we are on the forward side ot
followed the sun in its daily motion acroes nized because of the three stars in a row the carth in its annual movement around
the sky, and so remained visible in the west that form his belt. To the left is Betel. the sun. Thus, we meet them head on.
after the sun had set. On Nov. 18 it will geuse, to the right is Rigel, both of the first This is different from the evening hours
be farther east of the sun, hence remaining be farther east ot the sun, hence remaining magnitude, although being so low in the magnitude, although being when we are on the rearward part, and see on the rearward part t, and see
in the sky for the longest time after sunset, sky they do not appear as briglt as they. sky they do not appear as bright as they  only only those that catch up to us. to us.
nearly three hours. After that it will start
moving toward the sun again. moving toward the sun again.
Because of its carly setting, Venus does Because of its carly setting, Venus does ANDOMEDA ARDCOMEDA
not appear on the accompanying maps of the accompanying maps of ROVEMGER. ROVEMGER LACERTA
the November evening skies, which show evening skies, which show 1357 1357 Schedr SEIK
their appearance about 10:00 p.m., your own
kind of standard time, at the first of Nover. kind of standard time, at the first of Novem. CASSIOPILA CASSIOPEL
ber, 9:00 p.m. on the 15th and 8:00 p.m. on CEPNEUS CAMELOPARDALIS CAMELOPARDALIS
the 30th. AURIGA AURIGA
Polaris
Bright Birds in the Sky URSA TAURUS TAURUS
UTTLE UmE MINGR
These maps do, bowever, show the stars maps do, bowever, show the stars
that are now visibic AUTLA AQUTLA MERtULES MERCULES MAJO MAJO GE
Toward the west is Deneh, at the top of Toward the west is I
the "northern cross," the "northern cross," which is really part 316 DIADER U5
of the constellation of Cygnus, the swan. of Cygnus, the swan.
Deneb is in the bird's tail; in fact, the word WEST North EAST
is Arabic and means "tail." The crosspicce
represents the wings, and the lower part of
the cross his long neck, stretched forward
in Sight. At the head is Albireo, a star of herakz
the second magnitude on the astronomical NOVEMSER TRIANGULUM TREAT
brightness scale. Below Cygnus is another 1937 SQUARE
first-magnitude star, Vega, in Lyra, the lyre. Markab
To the left is another bird, Aquila, the DISCES PEGASUS
eagle, with the star Altair.
High in the south you can see the four EQUWLEUS
stars that form the "great square," part of
the consteilation of Pegasus, the winged ERIOANUSS AQUARIUS
horse. Although these are not among the
brightest, their characteristic arrangement wlhaut
PISCIS Wsw
makes them a good starting place from oRiral
which o find other gTOUD The horse, bziow PIEDERIX AUSTRINUS
actually, is upaide down in the aky, as the
row of stars extending we m the 3ace South WESTH
lower right corner of the uare is b adJ
The star at the HTNESS
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