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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 12 July 1957  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | Area, Deming-Columbus, N.M.  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 1:00 AM CMT 14/0600Z  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar Ain-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  6. SOURCE | Newspaper rotor, theater owner  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 2 hours  |
|  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | indefinite or random  |
|  9. COURSE | Random  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Sources, theater owner & newspaper man, alleged seeing objects rising from & hovering over a volcano, near…

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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED
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|  PRECEDENCE | TYPE MSG (Check) | ACCOUNTING SYMBOL | ORIG. OR REFERS TO | CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE  |
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|  ACTION ROUTINE | BOOK | WOLTI | SINGLE | AF X  |
|  INFO ROUTINE |  |  |  |   |
|  FROM: COMDR ATIC  |   |   |   |   |
|  TO: COMDR, 4602D AISS, ENT AFB, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 10044 RJEDEN ACS/I INFO TO: H.QS USAF, WASHINGTON, D.C. RJEPHQ AFCIN-4E4-7-1098-8  |   |   |   |   |
|  REFERENCE TT MESSAGE 488, UFO REPORT FROM COMDR 685TH ACWRON, LAS CRUCE…

17 JUL 57 11 06

WP 85 WP 78 YDDQ 25 WYD008WLC001
PP RJEDEN RJEDWP
DE RJWF 1C
ZUI INC WDC008 DE RJWF DN 4 ZDK
K WDC008DNA002DNF005
K RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJWF DN 4F
K 161930 Z
FM COMDR 685TH ACWRON LAS CRUCES AFSTA N MEX
TO RJWF DN/COMDR 34TH ADD KIRTLAND AFB N MEX
RJEPHQ/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO

174E4
34X20
W

RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON
AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ WASHINGTON DC

RT

UNCLAS 488 ATTENTION: DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE SUBJECT: UFOB REPORT

1. (A) ROUND
(B) HEAD OF PIN
(C) BLUE
(D) INFINITE NUMBER AT 13 MINUTE INTERVALS
(E) FORMATION RANDOM MOTIONS WITH DISTINCT TURNS
(F) NONE, EXCEPT A BLUE HAZE WHICH HUNG OVER THE CRATER WHERE OBJECTS WERE SIGHTED.
(G) NONE VISIBLE

PALF TWO RJWFDN 4F
(H) NO SOUND
(I) NONE
2. SEV VISUAL CONTACT
( ) ; 187- ) 15, 5F : 5, MOVEMENT
(3) 8 DEGREES ANGLE ELEVATION 183 DEGREES
(C) SAME AS 2(B) ABOVE
(D) RANDOM…

APPARENTLY HIDING FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CRATER AND REMAINING VISIBLE FOR LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES.

3. (A) GROUND VISUAL
(B) BINOCULARS
(C) N/A

4. (A) 143633Z - 143633Z JULY 1957 2,900 hrs to 0100 hrs (HST)
1L. 11:00PM, 12 July 57 to 5:00AM
14 July 1957
(B) NIGHT

5. SIX TO EIGHT MILES NORTH OF CRATER OF AFTON, LOCATED BETWEEN DEMING AND COLUMBUS, NEW MEXICO. See Aero Chart No. 470

PAGE THREE RJWFDN 4F

6. (A) MRS.
AGE: 37
LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO
OCCUPATION: THEATER OWNER

MR.
AGE: UNR

OCCUPATION: NEWS PAPER MAN

7. (A) STROMY WITH BROKEN CLOUDS
(B) WINDS ALOFT FROM EL PASO TEXAS AT TIME OF SI…

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(C) S, 1299 FT.

PAGE FOUR RJWFDN 4F
(S) 39 MILES
(E) BROKEN
(F) TOWERING CUMULUS IN DISTANCE NNW AND SSE OF COLUMBUS.

S. NONE
3. NONE
13. NONE

See reference to Blue
Hazel, L.P. above

Miscellaneous
as hazel or
smoke at
11:00 PM at
night?

11. OFFICER OF THE DAY, PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATES THE POSSIBLE
REACTIVATION OF THE VOLCANO LOCATED IN THE CRATER OF AFTON WITH THE
OBJECT BEING PHOSPHORESCENCE GASES ESCAPING FROM THE FLOOR OF THE
CRATER.

Transmitt date: Observers north of Volcano - state objects
only 8' above volcano - pre-requiring some
distance from c…

1 Aug 57 21 42
2) 4E4
3 4X2A
CMP

WPH006 WPE205 YDA148ENA129
RR RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJEDEN 42
R 011657Z
FM COMDR 1006TH AISS ENT AFB COLO
TO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO
INFO RJEPHQ/ACS I HEDUSAF WASHINGTON DC
BT
488?
/UNCLAS/AISOC 045PD REFERENCE YOUR AFCIN-4E4-7-1098-E PD ATIC FORMS 164 WERE SENT TO OBSERVERS ON 29 JULY 57 PD RESULTS OFANALYSIS WILL BE FORWARDED YOUR CENTER PD DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS FOR INVESTIGATION OF UFOBS BY THIS ORGANIZATION AND AIR DEFENSE COMMAND NO FURTHER ACTION CONTEMPLATED PD END
BT
01/1712Z AUG RJEDEN

As of this date, check disclosures that interview questionnaires s…

14 Jul +28 Jul 1957

19 February 1958

RE: Deming-Columbus-Las Cruces UFO Case
714 July 1957

Investigative efforts in subject case reveal that source, Collete Weiss, was not reliable. Following her receipt of investigative forms which my organization sent out, we received a diary of her UFO sightings covering a considerable period.

Telephone conversation with 685th ACWRON at Las Cruces revealed the results of their investigation with the source. They stated that, in their opinion, there would be nothing gained by a full AISS investigation due to the obvious unreliability of the source.

The …