Holloman AFB, New MexicoOctober 1958

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Summary

On the night of October 10, 1958, a civilian missile engineer reported an object near Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, in the Alamogordo area. He viewed it through binoculars for about six minutes.

The object was cigar-shaped with a fan-shaped tail and four pinpoint lights on the side like portholes. It hovered about 10 degrees above the horizon, then vanished over the San Andres Mountains. A local news report carried the account, and the Air Force asked the base to investigate because such reports drew public attention.

The witness was interviewed and later said he had been in error. He stated that what he saw was an F-106 aircraft flying out of Holloman Air Force Base. Further investigation confirmed this. The Air Force concluded the object was an aircraft, with the lights being the sun's reflection on the aircraft's contrails. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Holloman AFB, New Mexico

Date of incident

October 1958

State / country

NM / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS tei .
; 0 Wos Bolloon °
is nT 0 oC MIE Ba Holionan AFE, New Moxico DO Probably Ballon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Boltoon 3 LS
Wie Sig oo, LV = O< Was Aircraft
i —— £3 Fes <r DO Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
GME SRO HIE C0 am OArVisuod = "2 po Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS TE ROCCE on eee re er Lae
: Q Yes : DO Probably Astronomical
0 No Civi ] ion O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 001 YY A va SRE URE pe Oe AN
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
. . = : : ; : O Unknown :
CHEER Tes one nOT grven
Co mr ee A See el WP er ap re JN | Sieg a SRR Se hn (RS Rr
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Cigar-shaped obj w/fan shaped source was questioned & stated
tail & four .pin-points of lights on | that he was in error & what was :
the side like portholes. sighted was an F-106 a/c. Purther
investigation proved this to be
corsect,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ;

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