Mt Taylor, New MexicoMarch 1953

Unidentified

Summary

On March 27, 1953, near Mt Taylor, New Mexico, military personnel observed one circular object. The sighting lasted four minutes. The object was bright orange and did not change or fade. It performed fast rolls and disappeared from sight. The pilot descended from 28,000 feet to 20,000 feet at a speed of 600 knots. The object was flying at 600 knots. The pilot attempted to close on the object but was unable to do so. The object disappeared in an apparently descending curve. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.

Reported location

Mt Taylor, New Mexico

Date of incident

March 1953

State / country

NM / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
27 March 53 28/0525Z

2. LOCATION
Mt Taylor, New Mexico

3. SOURCE
Military

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
4 minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Air-Visual

7. COURSE
240 deg

8. PHOTOS
D Yes
E No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
D Yes
E No

10. CONCLUSION
UNIDENTIFIED

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Object was circular, size of a two hole at 2 Ft. It was bright orange, and did not change or fade. Object did some fast rolls and disappeared from sight. Below. First observed at 28,000 ft at airspeed about 240 degrees. Pilot descended from 28,000 to 20,000 at speed of 600 knots. Object, owing at 600 knots. Pilot attempted to close on object. [illegible] certainly not a balloon.

FORM
FTD SEP 43 0-329 (TDE)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28954132