Albuquerque, N.M., April 1959April 1959

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Albuquerque, N.M., April 1959 in April 1959. The full case file (6 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 35.

Reported location

Albuquerque, N.M., April 1959

Date of incident

April 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. a 4 por A Rel xh 00 Wos Balloon
Rr LLDUGUET GLE y Lvs Lise O Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
. 0 Was Aircraft
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Local eee 0 Ground-Visudl 0 Ground-Radar QO. - Probably Aircrdit
PP SURI 7 AJ 1 57 1 /E— 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
O:No civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF C3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE [DITOR niacin a
g 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Baha al 0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ‘
Obj, shape of teardrop, S1aC of pes, ©0103 Chzervers probably saw an afc
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982961

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-04-01