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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 26 Aug 51 | 2. LOCATION San Antonio, Texas | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1658 GMT 26/2058Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE NW | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 sec | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE NW  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING…

UNCLASSIFIED
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS
Office of the AC of S, G-2
000.9 AKADB-I 28 August 1951
SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft
TO: Fourteenth Air Force Liaison Officer
Brooks Air Force Base
San Antonio, Texas

The inclosed Guide to Investigation concerning unidentified aerial object observed on 26 August 1951 by Mr. [redacted], San Antonio, Texas, is forwarded for your information.

1 Incl
Guide to Inves (dup)

GEORGE A. A. JONES
Colonel, GS
AC of S, G-2

1st Ind
Air Force Liaison Officer to Fourth Army, Brooks AFB, Tex. 31 Aug 1951
TO: Commanding General, Fourteenth Ai…

UNCLASSIFIED
CONFIDENTIAL
33
26 Aug 57
10 SEP 1951

Hq 4th Army 000.9 ADADB-I Subject: Unconventional Aircraft

Int 000.9 (28 Aug 51) 2d Ind

HQ FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE, Robins AFB, Georgia

TO: Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB,
Dayton, Ohio, ATTN: MGIS

1. Forwarded in accordance with letter, Headquarters United
States Air Force, 8 September 1950, subject: "Reporting of Information
on Unconventional Aircraft", and in accordance with ConAC
Letter 200-1, 12 February 1951, subject: "Reporting of Information
on Unconventional Aircraft."

2. Attached report and covering …

UNCLASSIFIED
RESTRICTED
UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS
Incident No. ______
1. Date of observation 26 Aug 51 Date of Interview 27 August 1951
2. Exact time of observation (local) 1658, 26 August 1951
3. Place of observation: Back yard, , San Antonio, Texas
(Map Coordinates)
4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, location or - give details:)
Reclining in back yard of above address.
5. What attracted attention to object: Unknown
6. Number of objects and sketch of formation or grouping: One
7. Apparent size (compare to known object, i.e., sun, moon, thumb or fist
at arms length): Very large object
…

UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTED
87C

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

21. Manner of disappearance: Just went out of sight

22. Effect on clouds: There were no clouds

23. Additional information concerning object: Informant first sighted object in far south and followed it until it was out of sight in the north. Object was not conventional type aircraft and was traveling too fast for aircraft.

24. Weather conditions and light at time of sighting: Very clear -- no clouds

25. Name and address of observer: __________, San Antonio, Texas (formerly S-2, 28th Inf Div - now retired)
Occupa…

EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT # 1

DATE: 26 Aug 51
TIME (Local): 1658
LOCATION: San Antonio, Texas
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: 10 Sec.
SOUND: None
SPEED: Very high
ALTITUDE: Very high
HEADING: 315°
SOURCE: Retired Army Officer
ACTION OR COMMENTS: No investigation
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Large object resembling a delta wing aircraft