Eyewitness accounts

• Jan. 29, 2022 | “An amazingly large (or close to earth) object passed by, creating a white tail behind it. The entirety of it sparkled [...] like a huge shooting star, but was distinctive in that it moved in slow-motion, was incredibly large, and was white with a thick tail that slowly dissipated as it moved.”
• June 24, 2015 | "[The UFO] was cigar shaped kind of like a sleek Zeppelin, silver, no lights, no visible insignia. [...] It flew into that dark cloud and that was it, its tomb, it never came out.”
• Aug. 3, 1973 | “The sky was so unusually clear. Soon two very perfect cumulus clouds moved into our view right above us. really perfect clouds, like a Disney drawing. [...] As we were observing this beautiful sight, a huge, perfectly round very huge sphere started slowly inching its way out of the top side of the cloud on our left. it had a green glow to it like a radium numbered watch.”
• Aug. 6, 1965 | “We spotted the glowing object about 15 feet above the densely planted mesquite, oak, and huisache trees. We heard branches break or a crackling sound as if some were being burned up on contact. [...] we heard an earthly sound that shook the ground and vibrated the concrete patio we were standing on.”

• Protecting Land to Protect Water | Wed., Sep. 21 | 6-7:30 p.m. | McKenna Events Center, 801 W. San Antonio St., New Braunfels | Free | Learn how experts review + maintain good groundwater from Texas Water Trade CEO Sharlene Leurig. 💧
• Chris Fonseca | Wed., Sep. 21 | 8 p.m. | Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410 | $20 | Follow the journalist-turned-"Latino comedy legend” on his “I’m Not OK, But That’s OK” tour.

• Arts & Film Showcase | Thu., Sep. 22 | 6-8 p.m. | The Brick At Blue Star | Free | Bring your connoisseur’s eye (and ear) for an evening of local music, art, and short films.
• Fury in Few & Mystere | Thu., Sep. 22 | 7 p.m. | The Amp Room, 2407 N St. Mary’s St. | $5 recommended | Jam out to Fury in Few with special guest Mystere.

• miniFEST San Antonio TX | Fri., Sep. 23 | 5 p.m. | Paper Tiger, 2410 N St. Marys St. | $30 | Bridging The Music is bringing an evening of music, art + community in a festival-style atmosphere.
• Caterpillars + Cocktails | Fri., Sep. 23 | 4:30-6 p.m. | Geekdom, 110 E. Houston St. | Join Geekdom for a celebration of conservation and the fall migration of monarch butterflies with caterpillar observation and butterfly tagging. 🐛

• 96º | Sunny | 10% chance of rain

• A two-story restaurant is the newest addition to The Rock at La Cantera, the Spurs’ $500 million “human performance campus.” The $6.3 million restaurant is set to be completed by November 2023.
• Civic Park — the first section of the ongoing Hemisfair project — is set to be completed in August 2023. Civic Park is designed to be the biggest park of the development, compared to Austin’s Zilker Park. 🏞 (San Antonio Report)

• Carver Community Cultural Center is ramping up for its 2022-2023 season. Starting Sat., Oct. 1 with Robert Cray Band, the center will highlight new + local artists from communities across San Antonio. (KSAT-12)

• The Southwest Research Institute (formerly Essar Ranch) celebrates 75 years this week as a major employer in the 210 + a pillar of scientific research in the region. Originally a livestock breeding program, it now works in ocean engineering, clean energy, and space exploration. 🔬 (San Antonio Report)

• Internet denizens flexed their PR skills, brainstorming names for the potential Austin-San Antonio metroplex envisioned by Austin Mayor Steve Adler. Suggestions included “San Austonio,” “the MetroMex,” and “the Austin-San Antonio Metropolitan Region (ASMR).” ✍️ (San Antonio Express-News)