PROJECT BLUE BOOK

MULTIPLE SIGETING PROJECT 10073 RE CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Almogordo, Las Cruces, White Sands 0 Was Balloon
27 Sep 60 and Holloman AFB, New Mexico 0 Probably Balloon
0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor 0 Was Aiscraft
Local_ 0 Probably Aircroft
0958z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
GMT
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomicol
Yes D:80 Probably Astronomical Meteor
Military and Civilian Possibly Astronomical
CKNo
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
5-15 sec one SW
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright green object, 1/2 diameter of dime at Another object of the same description
arm's arm's length. length. Initially mitially no tail - tail developed no tail developed was was seen seen at at almost the dame time on the alost the Game time on the
to 3-4 to 3-4 times diameter of times diameter of object. object. Had straight following day from Las day from Las Cruces. Descrip- Cruces. Descrip-
and level flight, and level flight, fading out to out ppearance. pearance. tion is similar to tion is similar to a a meteor. meteor
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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 20G-2. (
REFERENCE PARAGRAPH 15, SUBPARAGRAPH A(1): ROUND WITH BLUNT TAIL REFERENCE PARAGRAPH 15, SUBPARAGRAPH A(1): ROUND WITH BLUNT TAIL C
DEVELOPING. (2): AVERAGE 1/2 DIAMETER OF DIME HELD AT ARMS LENGTH.
(3): BRIGHT GREEN. (4): ONE (5): NOT APPLICABLE. (6): NONE. (7): (3): BRIGHT GREEN. (4): ONE (5): NOT APPLICABLE. (6): NONE. (7): " C
INITIALLY NO TAIL - TAIL DEVELOPED TO 3 TO 4 DIAMETERS OF OBJECT. C
(8): NONE. (9): SOME OBSERVERS REPORTED ORANGE TINGE TO OUTER EDGE (8): NONE. (9): SOME OBSERVERS EPORTED ORANGE TINGE TO OUTER EDGE
OF TAIL. SUBPARAGRAPH B(1): BRIGHT LIGHT OF OBJECT. (2): INITIALLY OF TAIL. SUBPARAGRA : BRIGHT LIGHT OBJECT. (2): INITIALLY ( (
OBSERVED ON A TRUE EARING BETWEEN 345 AND 350 DEGREES BETWEEN 15 TO
20 DEGREES ABOVE E HORIZON. (3): 323 DEGREES TRUE NORTH APPROXI-
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MATELY 15 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON. .
(4): STRAIGHT AND LEVEL. (5): FADED OUT (6): FIVE TO 15 SECONDS
DEPENDING ON THE OBSE (2):

NESS• SUBPARAGRAPH E(1): CENTER OF ALAMOGORDO. (2): MAIN BASE
AREA OF HOLLOMAN AFB. (3): CANTONMENT AREA OF WHITE SANDS MISSILE C
RANGE (4): CENTRAL PORTION OF LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO. SUBPARAGRAPH IF
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CIVILIAN CITY POLICE IN ALAMOGORDO AND LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO AND
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN CECURITY GUARDS AT HOLLOMAN AFB AND WHITE SANDS C
MISSILE RANGE, CANTONMENT AREA• SUBPARAGRAPH G(1) CEILING AND
VISIBILITY UNLIMITED AT ALL LOCATIONS AND FOR A RADIUS OF 25° MILES.
2. 6K 18/10 (DEGREES/KNOTS) 10K 32/06 16K P2/19 20K 36/21
30K 36/44 50K 31/12 60K 18/05 80K 08/13 102K 07/12. 3. UNLIMIT-
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ED. 4. UNLIMITED. 5. NONE 6. NONE 7. SURFACE 25.9 C DEGREES
10K 15.1 20K-6.6 30K-22.9 40K-51.7 50K-70.8 60K-66.9 70K-56.1 (
80K-50.7• SUBPARAGRAPH H: NONE SUBPARAGRAPH I: NONE SURPARAGRAPH
J: NONE PARAGRAPH K: CAPTAIN JACK H. PATTERSON, AFMDC, UNIDENTI- J: NONE PARAGRAPH K: CAPTAIN JACK H. PATTERSON, AFMDC, UNIDENTI-
FIED FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATION OFFICER• NO CONCLUSIONS ARE
DRAWN BY THE INVESTIGATION OFFICER AS TO THE NATURE OF THE UFO.
WITNESSES, ONE FR ITNESSES, ONE FR M EACH OF THE LOCATIONS MENTIONED C C
FOUR RELIABLE
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IN PARAGRAPH E ABOVE, WERE SELECTED ADN QUESTIONED IN DETAIL PERSONAL-
LY BY THE INVESTIGATION OFFICER ON THE EXACT SPOT THE OVSERVER WAS
STANDING AND AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME OF DAY THAT THE SIGHTING
OCCURRED, 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE DAY OF THE SITING• THE ORSERVER
AT LAS CRUCES WAS THE ONLY OBSERVER THAT REPORTED THAT THE OBJECT
STOOD STILL OR HOVERED. IN THE OPINION OF THE INVESTIGATION
OFFICER, THIS CAN BE LOGICALLY EXPLAINED BY THE OPTICAL ILLUSION
CREATED BY THE RELATIVE MOTION OF THE UFO AND STATIONERY ORJECTS

IN THE FUREGROUNG DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OYSERVATION WAS MADE
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FROM A MANEUVERING VEHICLE• ALTHOUGH IN MOST CASES THE OBSERVERS
WERE CONVINCED THAT THE OBJECT WAS VERY CLOSE, IT IS THE OPINION OF C
THE INVESTIGATION OFFICER THAT THE OBJECT WAS AT A SUBSTANTIALLY
GREATER DISTANCE FROM THE OBSERVERS T THAN THEY SUSPECTED...• AND
THEREFORE AT A GREATER ALTITUDE AND TRAVELING AT A GREATER SPEED. (
THIS IS INDICATED BY THE FOLLOWING FACT: WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THOSE
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OBSERVERS PERSONNALLY INTERVIEWED ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THEIR
OBSERVATIONS, POINTED IN THE DIRECTION AT WHICH THEY FIRST OBSERVED (
THE OBJECT AND IT WAS 10 TO 15 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE NORTH
C NOEAVE
STAR. THE OBSERVERS INTERVIEWED WERE AT LOCATION OVER A SPAN OF
APPROXIMATELY NAUTICAL MILES BETWEEN ALAMOGORDO AND LAS S CRUCES (
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