Holloman, New MexicoOctober 1953

Unidentified

Summary

On October 1, 1953, at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, observers witnessed an unidentified object. One UFO was sighted in a direct direction at approximately 10:17 a.m. and was observed by aerobee rocket personnel. The object was described with a silvery hue and appeared in the vicinity of the rocket vapor trail. Observers watching from the base saw the object move southward, cross the vapor trail, veer back to the right, and ascend upward before disappearing in the vapor trail after approximately three minutes. The Air Force concluded the reported sighting was one of drifting balloons launched by the weather service at Holloman that morning.

Reported location

Holloman, New Mexico

Date of incident

October 1953

State / country

NM / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
October 53 7/1730Z

2. LOCATION
Holloman, New Mexico

3. SOURCE
Civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Not reported

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

7. COURSE
Up Vapor Trail

8. PHOTOS
Yes
B No

9. PHY ?
Oct
Holloman AFB New Mex. Balloon ?
Yes

10. CONCLUSION
Balloon

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
A UFO was launched by meteorological personnel at Holloman. Very accurate records were available for the (with silver hue), and the object traveling in a direction, object was about 30 ft above balloon. to the right of vapor until crossing, it then veered back and went up vapor train.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28956484