Topia, New MexicoNovember 1954

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Summary

On November 23, 1954, a military witness near Topia, New Mexico, reported a momentary sighting in the sky. One object was seen.

The object was described as a brilliant flash of light that lit up the cockpit and then disappeared.

The Air Force record, filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, noted that the contents of the report indicated a meteor.

Reported location

Topia, New Mexico

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

NM / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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3 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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: 1. DATE _ : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
§ 0 Wos Bolloon
(i 23 Nevember 1954 | Topia, New Mexico C Probably Balleon
é 3. DATE-TIME GROUP k TYPE OF OBSERVATION GQ Tesuimy Duinen
fi ; O Was Aircraft
‘ Local EE ppp a 0 Ground-Yisval 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircraft
; GMT... Sd) onl ts LTH 2 | D AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Rador D Possibly Aircraft
# 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical a
; O Yes 1 Probobly Astronemical/ ~~ |)
1 ox Neo Militar O Possibly Astronomical
i em A ee eg ere ie mattis eterna crbgrad XL ee et eee ee ee ee ee
2 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IY eine
a 0 Insufficiant Dota for Evaluation
& = OD Unknown
i mormantary 8 Unk
1& ATE... WIDMER TREE. [COR ez bu NH TT ——— ———
i 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
; Brilliant flash of light, 1it up cockpit, Contents of the report indicate a meteor
then disappeared,
! ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960397