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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 11 December 1957 | 2. LOCATION Continental Divide AFS, New Mexico | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 12/0213 to 0625Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | XX Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes XX No | 6. SOURCE Military |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERV…

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SQG2119 YDC165 WYA191 WDB142DNA065DND002
PP RJEDSQ RJEDDN RJEPHQ
DE RJWFDN 24D
P 121900Z
FM COMDR 769TH ACWRON CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AFS NMEX
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
RJWFDN/COMDR 34TH ADD
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELL USAF HQ
BT

UNCLAS 769TH COMDR 652 PD SUBJECT: UFOB. (1) DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS. (A) OBLONG. (B) PENCIL ERASER HELD AT ARMSLENGTH. (C) CIGARETTE ASH. (D) UP TO TWO DOZEN. (E) NO FORMATION. (F) SHARPLY DEFINED LEADING EDGE. NO RADIATING LIGHT FROM EDGES. (G) TAIL APPROXIMATELY TWICE THE LENGTH OF OBJECT. (H…

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ANGLE OF ELEVATION, 270 DEGREE AZIMUTH. NOTE. (B) & (C) ABOVE REFER TO FIRST SIGHTING. LATER REPORTS INDICATE LARGE NUMBERS OF OBJECTS ORIGINATING IN NORTH AND NORTH WEST OF AGENERALLY SOUTHERLY COURSE. THEY APPEARED APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AND DISAPPEARED WHEN OVERHEAD OF SLIGHTLY BEFORE. (D) STRAIGHT LEVEL FLIGHT WITH ONE EXCEPTION AS IN (A) ABOVE. (E) WITNESS STATE OBJECTS DISAPPEARED SUDDENLY LIKE A LIGHT BEING SWITCHED OFF. (F) FROM 3 TO 5 SECONDS (ESTIMATED) (3) MANNER OF OBSERVATION. (A) GROUND VISUAL. (B) NONE. (C) NA/A. (4) TIME AND DATE OF SIGH…

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16,000 FEET 340 DEGREES 20 KNOTS. 20,000 FEET 320 DEGREES 25 KNOTS 30,000 FEET 330 DEGREES 30 KNOTS 50,000 FEET 310 DEGREES 40 KNOTS 80,000 FEET N/A. (C) NONE (CLEAR) (D) UNRESTRICTED. E) NONE (F) NONE. (8) NO KNOWLEDGE OF UNUSUAL METEORLOGICAL OR ASTRONIMICAL CONDITIONS WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR SIGHTING (9) NO INTERCEPT ACTION TAKEN (10) TRAFFIC LIGHT AND LOCATED ON AIRWAY GREEN FOUR. TWO F86LS AND ON T-33 MAKING PRACTICE INTERCEPTS IN IMMEDIATE AREA. (11) THIS REPORT PREPARED BY COMMANDER AND OPERATIONS OFFICER. THERE IS NO POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAUSE OF THESE SIGHT…

DD FORM 173
REPLACES DD FORM 173, 1 OCT 49, WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED

|  JOINT MESSAGEFORM |   | SECURITY CLASSIFICATION  |   |   |   |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|  PRECEDENCE | TYPE MSG (Check) |   |   | ACCOUNTING SYMBOL | ORIG. OR REFERS TO | CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE  |   |
|  ACTION PRIORITY | BOOK | MULTI | SINGLE | AF | 652 | UNCL  |   |
|  INFO |  |  | X |  |  |   |   |
|  FROM: | COMDR ATIC |   |   |   |   | SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS  |   |
|  TO: | COMDR, ADC, ENT AF…

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10 Dec 57 0919
17
2/4E4
3-4X2a
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RD048
SQB047DNB094
RR RJEDSQ
DE RJEDDN 264
R 172319Z
FM COMDR ADC
TO COMDR ATIC
BT

/UNCLAS/FROM ADODI-B 140.

REFERENCE YOUR MESSAGE CITE AFCIN 4E4 12-1967-E, DATED 13/1430Z.
FOLLOWING INFORMATION GATHERED FROM TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH
OPERATIONS OFFICER 769TH ACWRON. ONLY ONE OBJECT WAS SEEN AT ANY
ONE TIME. OBJECTS MOVED GENERALLY NORTH TO SOUTH. OBJECTS APPEARED
TO BE STREAKS OF LIGHT AND FLEW ON A SEEMINGLY LEVEL FLIGHT PATH.
ON THE NEXT NIGHT, SMALL ~~NETEORITE~~ SHOWER NOTED. OPERATIONS OFFICER
THOUGHT THEY WERE METEORS BUT REPO…