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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  31 Jan 53 01/0400Z | Albuquerque, New Mexico  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Photo not received for analysis.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  N/A | From a newspaper report. Was relayed from 34th AD Division. Pictures sent to "Life" Magazine.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  Ground-Visual |   |
|  7. COURSE |   |
|  8. PHOTOS |   |
|  ☑ Yes Photo not received |   |
|  ☐ No |   |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |   …

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31/ P. La Paz, 1953, 1954
31/ P La Paz, 1953, 1954

Director of Intelligence
34th Air Division (Defense)
Kirtland Air Force Base
New Mexico

3 February 1953

Capt E. J. Ruppelt
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio

Dear Capt Ruppelt:

I am inclosing a newspaper clipping cut from the 1 February 1953 issue of the Albuquerque Journal.

You will note from the article, some photographs were taken of an aerial phenomenon (31 January 1953) by [redacted] of Albuquerque, New Mexico. No report was made to this headquarters. As a result of checking with Mr. Hunsley, we…

11 February 1953

1/Lt Glen D. Parrish
Director of Intelligence
34th Air Division (Defense)
Kirtland AFB, New Mexico

Dear Glen:

I received your letter of 3 February 1953 and the inclosed clipping. Thanks for letting us know about this as we will probably get in on the act somewhere along the line. We will probably contact Life directly and see what this man has. We have found in the past, however, that anybody that sends photographs directly to a publication, for sale, are usually slightly on the questionable side. It seems that people that really feel that they have something are very willi…