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CASE REFERENCE7005569

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1951

REPORTED LOCATIONArtesia New Mexico

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR”

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
ke 0 Wos Bolloon
Jan 51 _Artesia, New Mexico  Probobly Belloor
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ‘glk dete tee
Local __— _— —— *8 Ground- Vi suol D Ground-Redar lo Peokeuin haces ”
cout_tot Given __ = 0 Air Vi suai O Air-Intercept Rodor |9 Possibly Aircraft
“S. PHOTOS ros 6. SOURCE lo Was Astronomical
Y o bobly A {
a Civilian jo Gosdity dawenonter
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | ~~—«S| 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE O Other a Sa
| CI Insufficient Ogte for Evaluation
40 second G 2 NE 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING et [1 COMMENTS . Sas
wll gray in color. Objects larger than balloo Insufficient data for evaluation. Do
Eoth objects were moving equal distaice apart not know exant relationship to the
appeared to make an abrupt turn & dissappeared balloon on such items as positional a
ata very fast rate of speed, Day was clear. data end also no time concept.
Objects would fly around & above the balloon Ss
& then fly off in NE direction. No way to esti SS
mate the speed of the objects. Shape like roun

disc.

See case 22 Jan 51, Hollman AFB)

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

FRAME 002 / 004POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

UNCLASSIE \ED |
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VollowlLug is « report of the clehtiuog by the haderst mead of ao unldeatizied
oriel ovject ia the Unk Lidge Areae un the ovening of 19 Janney lool tus
f.Llowlae o-rsonnel vers tToturniog home from thels wort ob WGA Citision, solve
child Snziae ond Slrolaase Gorporatloa, ia tha A) Area, Uae Olige, -snness00?

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pe AopPotlastely 1649 while driving Jortneass on Cie Sarmoiie 4; ovo xcluaveLly
tro miles 1: isi.ie the restricbed oxrea, Hiss ipdrtea a orhilieas’ oojecs
tiixo wh thea st<hbS rear window. Zelieviag tris to de « olane, —
lied the attention of evory one in the ear to cha pares witek waa ovsearrcel
vy onch of L's tdersicmede Althoush the nnaswil brilliance of the object could
nos be explatied, the «roun wae adoust to oreo that 16 cast be & plana whea ol
cooroxbhaately 1647 someone exclained that the 9¥joct was apparently utabionasye
AYter watehias the abject for a tetul of sa.oroxl ately five mimwtes, the ¢roup
-satinded that 46 mess a Some enor’ of wontaer balloon, oltiwuh no 0 ta ha
crowd wag Goometally familias --tth euch on none Atuse » acerrabe eabimntes os
tie size or teestion of this object te nossiblea.
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Laat Jlescreeantabive for Sconsity, ona the corning of 17 Januery 195), who
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be rTastizgated s10 poasibillty of tats object velng a sard of soma sroject
s°:onsored by ~2 ANS contractor. Tnovavar, 15 a3 caterainad thas no woathar
balloon or similar anouratus was or had recently been un in tits artee

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SOVELCE de bos DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 XYSARS

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
Srn DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE. MAXWELL FIELD, ALABAMA

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le SOPs: An airborne object was sighted by five (5) ncrsons
on 15 Jomney 1951 while driving in the Sontroligd Area, Atouic -reresy

Srojoct, Vile <idsa, Jonnesseee

Se UIVATES: Attached hereto is a statement by five (5) civilian
enployses of the NIvA Viviaton, Yairchild -ngine : nd sirplane Vorooration,
Oni gladge, -cnnesse® Concerning the sishtlag of « brilliant, dgsig he
airsorne object ia the Sontrolloed hyoa, Atowic “narey rroject, vsk liza
2% 1043 hours on 16 Janwery 1951. A check of the loz of the Go5ra ACs
Squadron, l'crnseTysonr Aircort, lnoxvilla, Tennessee rayeals that no aire
craft were in the vicinity of the controlled area ut the tine of observa
tion. A chacle at the Knoxville end cak Klasse weather stations revealed +
thas no woether balloons were aloft at the sbove time.

As revorted by the U. >. ‘eather Sureau, Knoxville, <a
Vonaesses, the yeather conditions on 135 January 1951 a% 1500 hours vere
&3 follows: clear, visibility 20 miles, temoermture 57 lavrees |, wind
»i26 S oilew per honr, winds nloft 00 =e 2) deeraeg at 3 imots,
OOO TE oly ceyrees at S knots oad 4000 f5 <9 desreja at 5 mots.
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Se AUTO will renort any forther incidcentsu of this Lyne. {
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tatemen’ of 5S civhiian Lee Uolonel, JAP ;
fusloyeea Of TWA Viv. Sietrices Commander \
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DECLASSIFIE 2) AF TE] R12 YEARS.
DOV DIR 6200.10

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