Pulp Magazine Cover, July 1949

Museum Catalog Description Project 10073 UFO Investigation Report, July 1949. Official U.S. Air Force documentation recording an unidentified flying object sighting at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas, on 7 July 1949 at 1350 hours. The observer, identified as First Lieutenant Alfred Schoef, was working on the horizontal stabilizer of a B-36 aircraft when he sighted a single object traveling south to north at approximately 300 mph. The object appeared spherical, resembling a soap bubble, silver-colored, and semi-transparent, approximately three inches in diameter at arm's length, with no visible sound or exhaust trail. Observation duration was 15 seconds at 90-degree elevation. The report includes investigation forms, weather conditions, radar unit data, and the observer's sworn statement. The concluding analysis attributes the sighting to a Rawinsonde weather balloon released by Carswell AFB at 1200 hours, though the observer disputed this identification.