USAF · 1947 to 1969
Project Blue Book Case Files
The U.S. Air Force's 22-year investigation into reported UFO incidents, drawn from the National Archives. Each case below has a journalistic summary written from the original file. Use the search box to find a place or date, or filter by state and year.
19 cases in NM from 1952 · page 1 of 1
Albuquerque, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn March 25, 1952, at Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico, an officer reported sighting a balloon launched from the base at 9:30 a.m., about 30 minutes before the…
Albuquerque, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn May 28, 1952, over northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, two city firemen reported three unidentified objects at three different times during a clear day. The sightings happened ab…
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn July 29, 1952 (2230 hours Mountain Standard Time), a military pilot stationed in Albuquerque, New Mexico observed an unidentified object in the sky southwest of his position. Th…
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
1952 · unidentifiedAt 2309 hours (11:09 p.m.) Central Standard Time on December 28, 1952, a military pilot taking off from Borger, Texas sighted an unusual object traveling from east to west between…
Albuqueruque, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn May 10, 1952, an Air Force colonel and his wife, stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico, watched two unusual objects in the afternoon sky from their h…
ARTESIA, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn January 16, 1951, an aeronautical engineer working for General Mills reported seeing two unusual objects near a research balloon over Artesia, New Mexico. The engineer was track…
Hermanas, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn August 24, 1952, Colonel Gerald W. Johnson was piloting an F-84G jet aircraft from California to Georgia when he spotted something unusual near Hermanas, New Mexico. Flying at a…
Hollman AFB, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn a night in 1952, an airman at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, reported a white light in the sky around 2030 (8:30 p.m.). The observer watched the light for about one hour.…
Holloman AFB, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn August 25, 1952, two civilian employees at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico saw an unusual object in the sky. The men, Fred Lee (a utilities supervisor with six years at th…
Kirtland AFB, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn the afternoon of May 23, 1952, officers at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico saw a bright silver object hanging in the western sky. Multiple Air Force personnel watched it f…
Kirtland AFB, NM
1952 · unidentified# Summary On the night of September 23, 1952, an unidentified flying object was observed over Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. The sighting occurred around 2200 hours (10 p.…
KIRTLAND AFB, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn July 30, 1952, at 11:15 p.m. MST, a young boy in Albuquerque, New Mexico saw a bright white circular object traveling from east to west at varying speeds. The object appeared to…
LOS ALAMOS, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn the night of December 30, 1952, a security inspector with the Atomic Energy Commission was standing on the sidewalk in front of his home in the residential section of Los Alamos…
Moriarity, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn April 13, 1952, four airmen stationed near Moriarity, New Mexico, reported seeing a silver, disc-shaped object flying at high speed with erratic movements. The observers were fa…
Tierra Amarillo, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn May 25, 1952, at 0958 (9:58 a.m.) local time, radar operators at the 767th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron near Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, detected an unusual target on…
Tularose, NM
1952 · unidentifiedIn August 1952, a family driving near Tularosa, New Mexico, witnessed what the U.S. Air Force could not explain. On the evening of August 31st, shortly after passing through a tunn…
W of ROSWELL, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn May 12, 1952, about 40 to 50 miles west of Roswell, New Mexico, an Air Force technical sergeant reported an unidentified object. The sighting began about 2045 (8:45 p.m.) and la…
Zuni, NM
1952 · unidentifiedOn May 24, 1952, a pilot flying a T-6 trainer aircraft near Zuni, New Mexico, spotted two unusual objects in the sky. The pilot, identified in the file as Glenn Bras, was cruising…
Zuni, NM
1952 · unidentifiedA high-ranking government executive traveling in a military aircraft near Zuni, New Mexico, on October 15, 1952, observed an illuminated object performing unusual maneuvers. The ex…
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