Continental Divide AFS, New MexicoDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 11, 1957, observers near Continental Divide Air Force Station, New Mexico reported up to about two dozen oblong objects the size of a pencil eraser, colored like cigarette ash. The objects flew in no set formation and had a sharply defined leading edge with a tail. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that the Geminid meteor shower was very prominent that year and that this sighting was probably meteors from that shower.

Reported location

Continental Divide AFS, New Mexico

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

NM / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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i : Gers PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : 2
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Continental Divide 5 Es Baie
; 11 December 1957 AFS, New Mexico O Probably Balloon
| | 3. DATETIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Br <Evsbimy Raltoen |
4 Ur”) GEREN lA ot SOS XIX Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar 2 Sangre oh
; oMt__12/0213 to 06252 D Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS » SOU MX Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
¥X Ne Militar O Possibly Astronomical
8 | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [3 Jo (17 J ORR
; 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation| .
: 0 Unknown
3-5 seconds up to 2 doz southerl fried
E [10. BRIE® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Objects oblong, size of pancil Geminid meteor shower very promi-
a eraser, color of cigarette ash, nent this year, Probably this
: up to 2 dozen, no formation, Sharply sighting was meteors. from this |
‘a defined leading edge. Tail approx shower,
the length of obj. Obj first
appeared as falling star then |
: reversed itself to straight and level
fi flight,
] ATIC FORM 329 (RZV 26 SEP 52)
J i i Siri /
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976029