Albuquerque, New MexicoJanuary 1954

Insufficient Data

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, New Mexico in January 1954. 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, New Mexico

Date of incident

January 1954

State / country

NM / US

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

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
3 Jan 54

3. INVESTIGATOR GROUP
Kirtland
GMT 03/0918Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
NO

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Two (2) seconds

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Circular Obj w/tail bluish-orange color moved from 40 deg elevation over horizon in straight flight.

2. LOCATION
Albuquerque, New Mexico

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual    [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual       [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
civilian
[illegible] - W COURSE
One (1)

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[X] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical Meteor
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[X] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Meteor sighting.

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