Albuquerque, N Mexico, December 1953December 1953

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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 Mexico, December 1953 in December 1953. The full case file (3 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 20.

Reported location

Albuquerque, N Mexico, December 1953

Date of incident

December 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

1. DATE - TIME GROUP
13 Dec 53  13/2250Z

2. LOCATION
Albuquerque, W Mexico

3. SOURCE
civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
45 minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
ground visual

7. COURSE
rising

8. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X]No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
[] Yes
[X] No

10. CONCLUSION
BALLOON
Possible pillow or cluster balloons.

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Four round metallic objs changing formation. Rising at high altitude.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957077

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People

civilian

Organizations

4TH AIR DIV Kirtland AFB USAF Wright-Patterson AFB

Installations

Kirtland Air Force Base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book