N of Roswell, New MexicoMarch 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 20, 1961, a civilian north of Roswell, New Mexico, reported a star-like object about 2:20 a.m. The object had a white light and was about the size of a bright star. It appeared to be stationary. It was seen on the rim, or dark portion, of the moon.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the comments said the star-like appearance and the stationary position suggested a star. There were a number of bright stars in the area.

Reported location

N of Roswell, New Mexico

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: E : O Wos Balloon
20 Mar 61 N of Roswell, llew Mexico Oo Prabebly Bullose
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
i 220 . Ei 0 Was Aircraft
BONER ilenscimicunitns 8 Ground- Visual Pam QO Probably Aircraft
CMT 2105087 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
; 0 Yes i O Probobly Astronomical
: a No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Oley ee a
i (vd RE -— Dota for Evaluation
3 ; MELE ou
§ 5 min 3 Stationary ea
H 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Star-like obJjt like 11. COMMENTS Fact that objt had star-like
; white light. Size of biight star. Appeared appearance and was stationary suggests a
stationary. Observed on rim or dark portion oflstar. There were anumber of bright stars
mocn. in area of sky where moon was at time.
b However, due to lack of corroborating
witnesses, this report is evaluated a
3 Insufficient Data,
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 6 SEP 52)
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