PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8229669

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONSan Antonio Texas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

A. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 { Se inton' Texas O Wos Boelloon
18 Sep 60 San Antonio, Texa Grohe eisass
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF ODSERVATION GC Pessibly Balloon
ijl. 2 X Ground. Vi suet © Ground-Roder Q Woo Aerts
— Probably Airerof?
—_ewt___19/0220% © Air Vi suol O Air-Intereop) Radar | 2 Possibly Aireratt
5. PHOTOS : od 5. SOURCE o Wee Astrenontest -
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Ne Civilian oO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE i. re mk
OD teaulfictent Dota for Evaluotion
5 min one SW-INz G Unknown

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Round and seemed t9 wink like a star. YellowisH- There were no

white in color, appeared to be 5 times the siz
of Venus. Appeared to be larger than Sputnicii
but traveled across the sky at the same speed.

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jl). COMMENTS
satellites over the arca
at the time. Witnesses probably sav a
high flying a/c flying along one of the
several air lanes leading from Can
fatonio, and the a/e being to the W,
and at a mich higher altitude, would be
in sunlight where it would appear odd
to the observers who were in darkness.

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8Y UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT WAS SIGHTED LAST NIGHT OVER THE
SAN FE ERNANDO VALLEY, SANTA ANA, CALIF.) AND SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THE FIRST REPORTED SIGHTING wAS MADE BY MOONWATCHERS AT TRINITY
UNTY rERSITY [N SAN ANTONIO, QM, 654) OF THE TEAM,
SALD THERE WERE NO U.S. SATELLITES DUE OVER THE AREA WHEN THE OBJECT
WAS SEEN. THE TEAM DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS A METEOR.
AT LEAST A DOZEN PERSONS REPORTED SEEING AN OBJECT IN THE SKY

OVER CALLE A AROUND 6:32 Poll
AN ENGINEER, DESCRIBED IT AS “AN ENORMOUS
GLOWING Tj ARCHING ACROSS THE SKY FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON.”

UsSe AIR FORCE OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON SAID THEIR EARLY EARNING
RADAR NETWORK HAD NO REPORTS OF AN OBJECT IN THE SKY.
THE REPORT FROM SAN ANTONIO SAID THE OBJECT APPEARED IN THE
NORTH SKY AND WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. NO ESTIMATE 0

SPZED WAS GIVEN.
A REPORTER ON THE SANTA ANA REGISTER, SAID IT APPEARED
TO MALNTAIN A CONSTANT VELOCITY AND WAS VISIBLE FOR ABOUT FIVE
MINUTES »
“IT WAS ROUND AND SEEMED TO WINK LIKE A STAR," HE SAID.
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