N of Hurley, New MexicoNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 12, 1957, a civilian observer north of Hurley, New Mexico saw a round object about the size of a dime held at arm's length. The object was bright red. Small stars appeared to shoot out from the back end of it.

The observer watched as the object climbed toward the northeast until it disappeared from view. The sighting lasted between 60 and 90 seconds. An investigator noted that the object's behavior and appearance were characteristic of an aircraft with an afterburner (a jet engine feature that produces extra thrust and a bright flame).

The Air Force classified this case as unidentified. The case file is 8 pages as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

N of Hurley, New Mexico

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NM / US

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 8

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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
; pee Vi . O Was Aircroft :
Local 5g rat ©-Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 40 Probaobly Aircroft
omMT__ 12/9 02524 - 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador D Possibly Aircraft
‘S.. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
a Yes ODO Probably Astronomical
O:No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR NER RES RAO
{0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
MR | 0 Unknown
& GU to 90 geconds ona SORTA Poe
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object, size of dime at arm's Characteristic of a/c with after-
length, bright red, many small stars burner,
shooting out the back end, Climbed
to NE until out of sight,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEI’ §2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974686