PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7228164

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONAlbuquerque New Mexico

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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2 LOCATION

1. DATE 12. CONCLUSIONS
. O Was Balloon
18 May 58 Albuquerque, New Mexico O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
: O Was Aircraft
Local 88 Ground- Visual O Ground-Roador q Probabl y Aircroft
GMT 19/0254Z _ 0 Air Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ©O Wes Astronomical Meteor
0 Yes PEK Probobly Astronomicol
XX No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown
3 secs one Down SE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Rnd obj, size of pea,
‘color, blue-purple.

Appeared to leave

trail, possibly due to extreme speed

& brightness,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

luminous flame

11. COMMENTS

Everything is highly suggestive
of'a meteor, as seen through
adverse sighting conditbns,

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C. MANNER OF OBSSERVATIO!:

1. GROUND VISUAL

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D. TINE AND DATE OF SIGHTI..G

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