Albuquerque, N.M., May 1962May 1962

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On May 24, 1962, observers near Albuquerque and Las Vegas, New Mexico, reported an object in the sky. It was first seen in daytime by both ground witnesses and an airborne aircraft crew. The object was watched for over nine hours.

The object was round, about the size of Venus seen in daytime. It was white during the day, pink at sunset, and dark at night. It appeared mostly stationary at high altitude, with a small amount of motion to the northeast before returning to its original position. It was seen with binoculars and was also tracked on an air route surveillance radar. Witnesses included flight service and air traffic control personnel and an aircraft pilot.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. Later investigation found that a weather balloon was launched in the area and remained nearly stationary during this period. The Air Force concluded the object was probably a weather balloon.

Reported location

Albuquerque, N.M., May 1962

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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A :
4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 1. DATE .2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: - Mav 1 ORD Toate rian nt A 0 Wos Bollioon
: i J JME Logie rygue, ive Id, 3 Ad Probably Balloon
E 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EEE LA Ld Elba
3 aa) 1722 ate Lv X r G 4 00 Was Aircroft
4 Lo a Ground- Visual BX [LZ Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
: GMT =2/ We {BE 11 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intarcapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft
: 5. ‘PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical
3 Q Yes GR ; BUSES 3 Probobly Astronomical
FE oN Military and Civilian 00 Possibly Astronomical
E AS SAR nd EE GT Ee VAY] ARE SS EE SE AEA
E 7. LENGTH CF.OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B00] ] 11) oe ar RRA Rs TE A
a 0 Insufficient Dotto for Evaluation
; Vora 1 En ly or ) 0 Unknown
2 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. COMMENTS GH
in object size of Venus was first seen in Subsequent investigation of this case
7 daytime by both ground and airborne witnesses] brought to light that a Vix balloon wa:
E Lt sunczet object appesrad pink then dark launched in the area and remained
3 during the hours of darkness. Object appearell practically stationary for the period of
4 to be mostly stationary but had a small this sighting. Characteristic “dis-
3 anount i" motion to the NZ. Object was also | played match those of-a balloon. Con-
4 bserved on an alr route surveillance radar. cluded that this object was probably a
: Wx balloon § :
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