Roswell, New MexicoOctober 1961

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Summary

On October 5, 1961, an observer about two miles south of Roswell, New Mexico, reported a bright object at about 7:52 p.m. local time (0152 Zulu). The witness was a military command pilot whose reliability was rated excellent. The object looked like a fireball entering the atmosphere, about the size of a golf ball at arm's length. It was blue and white with red and green, like burning metal. One object was seen, with a tail longer than the object. It was at about 45 to 50 degrees elevation and followed an arc like the curve of the Earth. It disappeared as if a light was turned off. The sighting lasted about 10 seconds. The sky was clear with excellent visibility and no moon. The Air Force listed the case as astronomical, probably a meteor.

Reported location

Roswell, New Mexico

Date of incident

October 1961

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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E 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

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; L Oct 61 Roswell, New Mexico 0 Prekably Baits

8 3. DATE-TIME GROUP : 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon

4 85 i 0  Wos Aircraft

Er Local a SE *B Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft

. GMT 0501522 CARO SHER D Air VYisuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Airerofs

lL 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE BX Was Astronomical M ETE NE.

i 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

4 XB Ne Military DO Possibly Astronomical

4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOE
Eo y ; O Insufficient Data for Evaluation

: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objt described as Tiza- |i. COMMENTS Description, duration, etc., cofi-
ES ball entering atmosphere; blue, white with red form to observation of fireball-type metedr.
and green tail longer than objt. Noticed Lge Ilo satellite reentries this date ang pattern
E elev 90° az; followed arc similar to earth curviture. does not conform to reentry case
F listed as astronchical--probably meteor,

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995037