Almogordo, New MexicoSeptember 1960

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Summary

On September 27, 1960, military and civilian witnesses at Alamogordo, Las Cruces, White Sands, and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico reported a bright object at 0905 (about 6:05 p.m. local), in complete darkness. They described a bright green object, about half the diameter of a dime at arm's length. It had no tail at first, then developed a tail 3 to 4 times the object's diameter, with an orange tinge on the outer edge reported by some. The object flew straight and level, then faded out. The sighting lasted 5 to 15 seconds depending on the witness. Visibility was unlimited at all locations. The investigation officer drew no conclusions but noted a similar object was seen the next day from Las Cruces. The Air Force listed the case as similar to a meteor.

Reported location

Almogordo, New Mexico

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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MULTIPLE SIGHTING , PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 27 Sep 40 Almogordo, Las Cruces, White Sands|p wes Bolloon
and Holloman AFB, New Mexico O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Fesmiy Baiewn
: Rl i a aid $ Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodor a a Lig BRR
BE a. 0 AirVisuol O Air-Intercep? Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
O Yes o Probably Astronomical Meteor
§ XNo Military and Civilian DO Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ON el ei
i O Insufficient Doto for Evoluation
5-15 sec one SW Vm
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright green object, 1/2 diameter of dime at Another object of the same description
arm's length. Initially no tail - tail developed was seen at almost the dame time on the
to 3-4 times diameter of object. Had straight following day from Las Cruces. Descrip-
and level flight, fading out to disappearance. tion is similar to a meteor.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SFP 52)
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