PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6980981

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1953

REPORTED LOCATIONHolloman New Mexico

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RR JEDEN JEQWP JEPHO 222

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FM COMDR HADC HAFB N MEX
TO COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO

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THE FOL RPT IS SBMD PD (1) ¢A) RND AND OR ELLIPTICAL PD (B) DIME
OR NICKEL (C) RED ORANGE W/SILVERY HUE (D) ONE (E) N/A CF) NONE

(CG) NONE €K) NONE (I) NONE PARA (2) (A) OBSRS WATCHING AEROBEE RKT
FIRING (B) AND (C) AEROBEE RKT FIRED AT AND ANGLE OF THREE DEGREES
FR THE VERTICAL IN A NORTEERLY DIR PD TKE UFOR WAS FIRST AND LAST
SEEN IN THE VICINITY OF THE RKT VAPOR TRAIL PD (D) SIGHTED SLIGHTLY
TO RIGHT OF VAPOR TRAIL CMA MOVED SOUTHWARD CROSSING VAPOR TRAIL CMA
VEERED BACK TO RIGHT AND WENT UP VAPOR TRAIN (E) DISAPPEARED STRIGHT
UP IN VAPOR TRAIL OF MSL (F) APRX THREE MIN PARA (3) GRD-VIS (5)

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PAGE TWO OF JWFOH 9237

TWENTY POWER TELESCOPE (C) N/A PARA (€4) (A) APRX 9717352 (B) DAY
PAR ¢€5) CA) WEST AREA OF HAFB CMA FOUR MILES TO SOUTK SOUTK OF

RKT LAUNCHING SITE PD PARA (6) (A) mes crsS@iPcun eB
SRR CASE ERONAUTICAL DESIGN ENGR SEMCLN Se:
CMA 26 CMA @MMENINS CMA CLOUDCROFT NM CMA O0C ENGINEERING DRAFTSMAN
SEMCLN QQ «CMA 29 CMA KEYSTONE CABINS CMA CLOUDCROFT NM
CMA OOC DRAFTSAMN ENG SEMCLN GEN CHA 24 cv, Qe
COMees i) ALAMOGORDO NM (BD N/A PARA (7) CA) CAVU (5) SURFACE -
CALM SEMCLN 6,099 FT 185 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS SEMCLN 19,222 FT 132
DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS SEMCLN 16,2299 FT 340 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS SECMCLN
29,008 FT 320 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS SEMCLN 30,900 FT 32% DEGREES AT

1S KNOTS SEMCLN 50,¢99 FT 29% DEGREES AT 39 KNOTS SENCLN &f,299

rT 399 DEGREES AT 31 KNOTS PD (C) UNLIMITED (D) UNLIMITED (E) NONE
(F) NONE PARA (8) NONE (9L NONE (11) NONE (12) IN CASES OF THIS
NATURE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE ALT OF ANY UNIDEN-
TIFIED OBJECTS PD PAR AND AEROBEE FIRING WAS MADE AT 1622 HOURS THE
MORNING PD AT 293% THAT MORNING TEE AWS AT HAFB LAUNCHED THREE WEA
BALLOONS PD STAS TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST OF HERE ARE ALWAYS
LAUNCHING BALLOONS PD SOME OF THESE BALLOONS HAVE DIAMETERS UP TO 99
FT AT ALTITUDE PD IT IS VERY PLAUSIBLE CMA IN MY OPINION CMA THAT

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THE RPTD SIGHTING WAS ONE OF THESE DRIFTING BALLOONS: yi. See

29/0130Z OCT JWFOH

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