PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971721

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONElk New Mexico

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
5 April 1955 Elk, New Mexico 0 Probably Balloon
4. 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XKGround-Visual Ground-Redar 0 Was Aircraft
Local_ 00 Probably Aircraft
05/1745Z AirVi sudl Air-lntarcept Radar Possibly Aircraft
GMT.
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Cx Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
BOXNo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
ten seconds one one straight down straight down
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENT'S 11. COMMENTS
One round object with a fan shaped shaped Probable meteor sighting-see
tail the size of tail the size of a baseball a baseball held attached news clipppng news clip
at arm's length length was seen in the bright the bright 8
sunlight. sunlight. Colo obiect was a
green-purple th tail.
seen at an angle 300 K243.601
due south. Upon due south. Upon disappearing it ex- disappearing ex- woll AFB, K243.6012
ploded two feet above the ground. RETURN 1959
rate axoll AFB, Alcbau
Object appeared Object appeared to fall at same rate to fall at same RETURN TO:
as stone would. woul Observer seated in- Ohserver seated.in Crudies In
a truck at time of observing. s B onc
No Report In File
ATICI FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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"Green Fireball' Seen
ROSWELL, N. M., April 5 M.- ROSWELL. N. M., Apri 5W.-
A "green fireball" with a flaming
tail was reported scen over sey-
eral southeastern New Mexico
towns today. Civil Aeronautics towns today. Civil Aeronautics
Authority offices in both Roswell
and Carlsbad said pilots flying
in those areas had reported in those areas had reported !
sighting the mysterious object.
N4.H.7 V
SDET MAT 4UA0TA2
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