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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  October 1968 | Holloman AFB, New Mexico | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 11:30 GMT: not given | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE not given  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SI…

oon — if it does. It could orbit around the moon

# MISSILE ENGINEER SEES UFO

ALAMOGORDO, N. M. (UPI) — A cigar-shaped unidentified flying object was reported seen Friday night near the place where the "Man High" Air Force space balloon landed Wednesday.

The object was reported by John Romero, identified as a missile engineer, on White Sands Proving Ground. He said it had a fan-shaped tail and four pin-point spots of lights on the side like portholes.

Romero said he saw the object through binoculars for about six minutes. It hovered about 10 degrees above the horizon and then vanished over …

10 Oct
19/02/58
31c

JOINT MESSAGEFORM
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED

SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER
16 Oct 58 23 52z

|  PRECEDENCE | TYPE MSG (Check) | ACCOUNTING SYMBOL | ORIG. OR REFERS TO | CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  ACTION PRIORITY | BROK MULTI SINGLE X | AF ORIG |  |   |
|  INFO |  |  |  |   |

FROM: COMDR, ATIC

TO: COMDR, HOLLOMAN AFB, ALAMOGORDO, N. M.
/UNCLASSIFIED/FROM: AFCIN-4E4 10-2466-E

IT HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THIS CENTER THAT A MR. [redacted] EMPLOYED AT YOUR INSTALLATION AS A MISSILE ENGINEER, SIGHTED AN UFO…

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

|  JOINT MESSAGEFORM |   |   |   | SECURITY CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED  |   |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|  PRECEDENCE |   | TYPE MSG (Check) |   | ACCOUNTING SYMBOL | ORIG. OR REFERS TO | CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE  |   |
|  ACTION AIRMAIL |   | BOOK | MULTI | SINGLE | AF | UNCLASS  |   |
|  INFO |   |  |  | X |  |  |   |
|  FROM: COMDR AFMDC HAFB N MEX |   |   |   |   |…

JOINT MESSAGEFORM - CONTINUATION SHEET
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED

FROM:
COMDR AFMDC HAFB N MEX

UNCLASSIFIED FROM MDOO-10-32-M.

CONSIDERS THIS ITEM CLOSED. ANY FUTURE INQUIRIES ON
UFO'S SHOULD BE SENT TO CAPTAIN J. A. WOODS, MDOOT.

|  SYMBOL | PAGE NR | NR OF PAGES | SECURITY CLASSIFICATION | INITIALS  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  MDOO | 2 | 2 | UNCLASSIFIED | DNH  |

DD FORM 173-1
1 MAY 55

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