Santa Fe, New MexicoNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 5, 1957, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, a civilian reported seeing a red and white flashing object about the size of a silver dollar. The object was round with a white circle around white lights. It remained stationary for one and one-half hours. A check with aeronautical charts showed a rotating beacon southwest of the observer location, which investigators concluded was probably what was sighted.

Reported location

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NM / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 5 November 1957
2. LOCATION: Santa Fe, New Mexico
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, [X] Other Ground Light, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local_____ GMT 06/0515Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkbox] Ground-Visual, [checkbox] Ground-Radar, [checkbox] Air-Visual, [checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE: Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One (1)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1 1/2 hours

8. COURSE: stationary

9. [illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Red & white flashing object, round, size of silver dollar. White light following the red. White circle around white lights.

11. COMMENTS: A check with aero charts shows a rotating beacon SW of location of observers. This is probably what was sighted.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973249