Holloman AFB, N. Mex, February 1951February 1951

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Summary

On February 18, 1951, near Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, an officer and airmen reported a strange object. The sighting lasted about one hour and 4 minutes. The object was watched continually during a trip from Holloman Air Force Base to Oscura, New Mexico.

Witnesses described it as white and orange, round and then conical in shape. It appeared about the size of a coffee cup held at arm's length. It seemed to hover and climb. It was near the horizon at first but rose to about 45 degrees, then disappeared as the sky grew lighter.

The Air Force recorded the case in Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports. The conclusion was that the object was definitely a star or planet.

Reported location

Holloman AFB, N. Mex, February 1951

Date of incident

February 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
TRIAD | TN SAA J AC SN Sy RA RR a ind SE EE ae mR Ce  ——————— —— ——— — a ——————"
\. DATE "2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i wii: ) Jo 0 Wos Boiloon
18 Feb 51 | | Holloman AFB, N, Mex i 0 Probably Belfoon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —|9 Possibly Ballon
Loeel Ty Rervema E EX Ground- Vi sual DO Ground-Rader = Probably Aircrofs
owt AMXZ 18/207 DO Air-Visvoi 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE Jas : i ©) Was Astronomical Star/Plan t
O Yes CO Probobly Astronomical :
ef No HF Officer and airmen 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |'8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I GE
a + an Dota for Evaluation
nknown
: 1 hr 4/4 min 1 g
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Color vhite and orange. Shape was round then | Definitely was star or planet.
conical, Speed hovered. Size coffee cup at g
ari's length. Maneuvers— climbed, Case not \
on file, Object was viewed continually during A
‘trip from Holloman AFB to Oscura N, Mexico. 3 4
It was horizon at first but ascended to about ING
45 deg. Disappeared as it got lighter, §
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 32P 52)

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