Huerfano Mesa, New MexicoSeptember 1958

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Summary

On September 15, 1958, two color slides were taken near Huerfano Mesa, New Mexico, by a civilian. The photos showed a rainbow-like object in the sky. The case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The slides were sent to the Air Force's photographic interpretation office for study. Analysts examined the images closely. They found that one slide contained multiple images of the sun. There was no clear image on a second slide.

The Air Force concluded that the object was astronomical. The report states the images were a parhelion, also called a sun dog. This is a reflection of the sun in the atmosphere.

Reported location

Huerfano Mesa, New Mexico

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

NM / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: : pia : ; : | O Was Balloon
y 15 September 1998 Huerfanc esa, hew Mexico |O Probably Balloon
J 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION @: Ressinly Baileon
d 3 FM } i 0 Was Aircraft
) el 4 8round- Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probobly Aircraft
| (c117% poe ER PA 00 Bo A 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | DO Possibly Aircraft
5 S. ‘PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical
po HB Yes DO Probaobly Astronomical
| ; C No’ Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DRGNRe caine
: O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
+ if SRA 0 Unknown
3 +<NOTO
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i I'hotos of 0i3] at about -«odgr fa Fhoto analysis of iriunrs shows
: the vertical of rainbow like obj. them to be a parhelion,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979932