PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6972733

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONLackland AFB Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
18 October 1957 Lackland AFB, Texas Lackland AFB, Texas 00 03 Probably Balloon
3. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local XX Ground-Vi sual Ground-Rodar D Was Aircraft Was Aircraft
000 ¤ Probobly Aircraft
GMT18/1124Z AirVisual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYes 0 Probably Astronomical
XII No Military D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE xxother_Prob_Rocket
03 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
30 to 45 seconds one South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round white object the size of Concur with reporting officer
a pin at arm's length. Object was that this sighting was probably
seen heading south and was in sight caused by a rocket.
for 30 to 45 seconds.
F
No report fie
FOOND IN IC FILE
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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JEDWP HD 16M WPD053 YDA052 WYA082 WDAXSAHA42 13'57
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MM RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
M3
DE RJWFHW 8B
M 211500 Z M 211500 2
FM COMDR 741 ACWRON LACKLAND AFB TEX
TO RJWFHW/COMD 33 ADIV OKCTY AF STA OKLA
INFO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO INFO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO —
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEDWP/COMDR AIR T TECHNICAL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO -
RJEPHQ/DIRE INTELL HEADQUARTERS
BT
UNCLAS FROM DO 741--73. SUBJECT: UFOB REPORT. ITEM ONE- (A) ROUND
(I) FLYING EXTREME SPEED AND VERY HIGH ALTITUDE ITEM TWO- (A) WE
VERE L LOOKING FOR SATILITE WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO CROSS OVER SAN ANTONIO
1124Z/(B ) 0 (C) 045 FLYING SOUTH (D) STRAIGHT LINE, NO VARIATION
(E) DISAPPEARED INTO COLUDS, AND ALSO IT WAS GETTING HARD TO SEE
ITEM FOUR- (A) 18/1124Z (B) NIGHT ITEM FIVE- (A) GQ 2329 ITEM SIX- ,
(A) N/A (B) DAVID B. STIDHAM JR. CAPT. 74IST. AC/W SQDN N (DIRECTOR)
PAGE TUO R RJWFHW 8B
EDWIN L. DAVIS S/SG
AIIR THIST APSW CODA IRC DDIFE AMODEI 71.1CT ACM CODAL

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