Holloman AFB, N.M., March 1958March 1958

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Summary

On March 6, 1958, at 9:52 p.m., an airdrome officer at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico called a tower operator's attention to an object in the sky. The witness described a spherical, brilliant white object about the size of a baseball held at arm's length. It moved slowly upward in a descent pattern, apparently moving downwind. The object disappeared behind clouds after about 35 minutes. The Air Force investigation noted the object had characteristics similar to a weather flare balloon. However, the local weather station reported that no flare balloon was aloft at the time of the sighting. No physical evidence was available. The evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Holloman AFB, N.M., March 1958

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                      12. CONCLUSIONS
5 MAR 58                         Holloman AFB, N.M.              Was Balloon
                                                                  Probably Balloon
3. DATE/TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION          Possibly Balloon
Local                           Ground-Visual    Ground-Radar   
                                Air-Visual       Air-Intercept Radar  Was Aircraft
GMT         06/05307Z                                            Probably Aircraft
                                                                 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       6. SOURCE
Yes                             Military                         Was Astronomical
No                                                               Probably Astronomical
                                                                Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
                                                      North
25 mins                         One                   

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   11. COMMENTS
Spherical, brilliant white obj, size  All the characteristics of a balloon,
of baseball at arms length. Had slow   forced near the ground surface due
climb & descent, apparently moving     to rain.
downwind. Disappeared behind clouds.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977349