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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  20 Jul 49 20/2300Z | Galveston, Texas 406  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Citilian | Astro (METEOR)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  less than 30 seconds | When object was about a 90 deg angle over Galveston, it appeared to stop. This impression may have been gained by the high altitude and angle of flight and it could have been that the object did not stop. Then the object disappeared into the West at tremendous speed. The objec…

UNCLASSIFIED
INCIDENT NO. 406

1. Date of Observation 20 July 1949 Date of Interview
2. Exact Time (local) 1700
3. Place of Observation Galveston, Texas
4. Position of observer Ground
5. What attracted attention to object
6. Number of objects 1
7. Apparent size Large Star
8. Color of object Bright, luminous
9. Shape Round
10. Altitude 90°
11. Direction from observer Easternly
12. Distance from observer 10,000 feet
13. Direction of flight of object(s) East to West
14. Time in sight Not over 30 seconds
15. Speed Extremely high rate
16. Sound and odor None noticed due to noise of breakers
17. Tra…

UNCLASSIFIED
Page 2 Incident 406
Name and address of observer: Houston, Texas.
Occupation and hobbies: Investigator
Comments of Interrogator relative to intelligence and character of observer(s):
NARRATIVE SUMMARY:
Remarks
When object was about a 90° angle over Galveston, it appeared to stop. This
impression may have been gained by the high altitude and angle of flight and it
could have been that the object did not stop but merely reached an apex in its
flight from observer's position. At this moment observer called his wife's attention
to the object, and immediately thereafter the object disa…

UNCLASSIFIED
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS

000.9 AKADB-I 1 August 1949

SUBJECT: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTENTION: M.C.I.

The inclosed report re unidentified aerial phenomena observed by
~~Jr.~~, at Galveston, Texas, 20 July 1949, is forwarded
for your information.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

1 Incl
As stated

MAX H. GOOLER
Colonel, GSC
Actg AC of S, G-2

UNCLASSIFIED
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS
DOD DIR 5200.10
AUG 5

UNCLASSIFIED
CONFIDENTIAL
UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS
Incident No. ______
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS
DOD DIR 5200.10

1. Date of observation 20 July 1949 Date of Interview ______
2. Exact time of observation (local) 1700 hours ______
3. Place of observation: Galveston Public Beach, about 200 yds south of
(Map Coordinates) 61st Street, Galveston, Texas
4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, location or - give details:)
Reclining in beach chair ______
5. What attracted attention to object: ______
6. Number of objects and sketch of formation or grouping: One (1)…

GUIDE TO INVESTIGATION (Cont'd)
UNCLASSIFIED Incident No. ____

21. Manner of disappearance: Faded into distance at tremendous speed.

22. Effect on clouds: None

23. Additional information concerning object: At time object was noted, a small civilian craft, yellow in color, was flying in a north-south direction, approximately one mile west of the shoreline. This plane was a monoplane, presumably a two-place machine. The plane never approached close enough to the observers for its wing number to be noted.

24. Weather conditions and light at time of sighting: Sky was cloudless and of an intens…