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CASE REFERENCE6961426

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONArea Deming Columbus N M

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1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
13 Juiy 1957 Area,Demiag-Columbus,N.M. 0 Probobly Bailoon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Locai 1:00 AM Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aireroft
GMT_ 14/0600Z Air-Visuoi Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 0 Was Astronomical
Yos Probabiy Astronomical
No Newspaper rpter, theater owr or Possibly Astronomica Hoax
9. COURSE OX Oth,Unreliab Sourbe
00 Insufficient Data for Evaiuation
Unknown
2 _hours indefinite nj. random
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Sources, theater owner Sources, theater owner & newspaper newspaper mal, Investigations disclose that it that it
alleged seeing alleged seeing objects biects rising rising from & from & was stormy that night, with seat was stormy that night, with seat
hovering over a hovering ov voleano, near volcano, near Mexico tered, broken clouds, making clouds, making it it
border. Alleged obiects objects in formations difficult to believe all this difficult to beliove all this
and making distinct turns. Claimed seen at aight & f seen at aight & he distances e distances
that all this was observed at night' at night' given. Subsequent investigations given. Subsequent vestigations
and at some great distance. and at Some grent distance. discloseed Sources were discloseed Sources bviously
unreliable. unreliable.
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GARDING RATER NEAR MEXICAN a
BORDER. SIGNIFIC IHAT RSARE AND THEATER Il
OWNER. POTENTIAL FOR ADVERSE AND REASON
FOR EXPEDITIOUS RESOLVING INCIDENT.
COORDINATION
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3. (A) GROUND D VISUAL
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(B) NIGHT 1E, 1i0elM, 120y 1.0041
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5. SIX TO EIGHT MILES NORTH OF CRATER CF AFTON, LOCATED BETWEEN
DEMING AND COLUMBUS, NEW MEYICO. See Aire Chant NO. 470
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14282 1957
N0
19 February 1958
FE1 Deming-Columbus-Las Cruces URO Case
914 July 1957
Investigative reveal that
source, Collet yas pot reliabls. Following her
receipt of investigative forns which my organization
sent out, ve her UFO htings
cove: le period.
Talephone with 685th ACWECN at
Las Cruces Las euoes revealed the result of their investigaticn Noxth restigaticn
with the sour with the source. They They atated atated that, in their that, in their opinion, opinion,
there would be nothing there would be nothing gained by a full gained by a full AISS AXSS inveetiga-
tion due to tion due to the cbvious Cbrious unrsliab source. ource.
aidered closed, closed,
SGT. NOPMAN-P. EARTH SGT. NOPMAN-P. BARTH
NCOIC UFO S NCOIC UFO Seation Seation
l006th 1006th ATSS
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