Albuquerque, N.M., January 1958January 1958

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Summary

On January 16, 1958, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a resident observed a disc-shaped object about the size of a dome flying over the area. The object was metallic gray in color. According to the witness, it moved quickly across the sky, then stopped, dimmed, and disappeared. The observation lasted only 13 seconds.

The Air Force concluded the object was probably an aircraft from a local base. The file itself does not provide substantial additional investigative detail about this sighting.

This case file, held by the National Archives and containing 45 pages, is reproduced in full below.

Reported location

Albuquerque, N.M., January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

45 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
¥ 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. COMCLUSIONS |
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: Fe A {0 Was Balloon
5 Sule Jians «HR | Albuquerque, N,M {3 Probably Balloon
& EP I TT A SR TP _ foam ete O Possibly Balloon
! 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ;
: ECT pe ae GAR Ne EE IR SE ES f ““HGround- Visual TG Ground-Radar 1g Was Alerts P
a § iE eB | Jinoculars I ieee oe
cMT YU 1/01027Z Feb CT AirVisual i O Air-Intercept Radar | ossibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes C Probably Astronomical
B No Gavadaian C Possibly Astronomical
g 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [ 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bl GO theese Sith ieoleian Sis
i O |asufficient Data for Evaluation
a | 0 Unknown
: 13 secs one [South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 5 mn. COMMENTS
: Disc-shaped obj, size of dome. Probably an a/c fm the local base.
Metallic gray, Had fast flight,
Stopped, dimmed & disappearsad.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976909