Organ Pass, New MexicoOctober 1960

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Organ Pass, New Mexico in October 1960. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 40.

Reported location

Organ Pass, New Mexico

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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pT PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE i LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Li Oct © Crgen Pass, New Mexico 0 Vas Dolloon
| 0 Probably Bolloon
SY EE RS CLA ESF OH SA SG SINTER NDR CSESUA C ARS SU CRoShOR sss b Bois
1 3. DATE-TIMEZ SR0OUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i. Fesuty Saloon
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4 A A i I EH TU Ses) SLY [2 Ground-Yisun! 3 Ground-Rodar q, W BS sV1Erate
i IRE ti. Probobly Aireraf?
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1 GRY: eS REA Hr 0 AirVisuo! 0 Air-Intercapt Rader | O Possibly Aireroit
i 5. PHOTOS { 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomizol
3 C Yes 3 Probhobly Astronomical
3 Tard “4 oa Il 5 I]
4 0 No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomicnl
3 7. LENGTH OF OB52RVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ER] AR NR SNS SSR ACs
3 0  lasufticient Date for Evaluation
1 -r_. a is oO gs we vent T ‘ E
HOT glven ! O lights N-S3W 0 Unknown
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: 10, BRIZE 3LkaaRY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 » EPRIGNG, BL TR MER. TF re, on tap HE CRE iat NIE ) ~ A Pre s 5 gis
E O yellowish lights arranged in 2 triangles of ATIC analysis indicates that the objects
1 3 eaci and followed by 2 in echelon. Travel was| of this sighting were prob ably ¢ /c
1 va robe wy — “rr - : ve yy - $4 » ss 7 po iE it
| ; low when first seen. Aprox anguiar velocity
1 on order or 2000 seconds of arc per second.
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E ATIC FORM 329 (R2Y 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989662

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Places

New Mexico Organ Pass, NM

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-10-01