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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8231909

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONRoswell New Mexico

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION
| 28 Sep 60 Roswell, New Mexico
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Lecol DY Ground. Vi suol D Ground-Rodor
GMT 28/10252 0 Aie Vi sol 0 Air-Intercep! Rodor
5. PHOTOS ~ SOURCE
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% Ne Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

| 3-4 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

one descending

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12. CONCLUSIONS

Wos Bolloon
Probobly Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aivcroft
Probably Aircroft
Possibly Aircroft

Was Astronomicol
Probobly Astronomico! Meteor
Possibly Astronomical

Other ‘
Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Unknown

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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Round object, size of bottom of coke bottle,
vivid green with orange tail, first seen about
25° elevation, last seen going below trees

along city street to the E.

11. COMMENTS

Description and duration is typical of
a meteor. Correlates with meteor sightin
at Wichita Falls, Texas at the same time

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SFP 52)

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| ANGLE OF ELEVATIONS AZIMUTH ESTIMATED DUE EAST OR 92
DEGREZS FROM POINT OF OSSERVATION. 3. OBJECT APPERED
| SUDDENLY IN VIEW ABOVE TREE LINE AS IF. DROPPING FROM
ABOVE PAREN 25 DEGREE ANGLE. PAREN, THEN DROPPED OUT
OF SIGHT BLOW TREE LINE OF CITY STREET. 4. SEE B33
ABOVE. THERE WERE NO MANEUVERS. 5. OBJECT
DISAPPEARED BELOW THREE LINE TO THE EASTe Se OBJECT
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MANNER OF OBSERVATION: ft. GROUND VISUAL. Ze NO
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ESTIVATED SPEED 22 MPH, IN 322 SLOCK OF EAST SRD
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ON INLiCATZEE STREET. OSJECT SEEN TO THE EAST, IN
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2. AVS AT WALYER AFBS SURFACE’ 224 LEGREES AT 3S

DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS$ 23,932 FEET - 552 TEGREES AT
2@ KNOTS: 34,022 FEET-- 510 DEGREES At 25 KNOTSS
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AND 1128 ZULU 28 SEPTEMBER 1962, THIS AIRCPRAF
REPORTED TO BE SHOOTING LANDINGS IN AREAs Ke CAPTAIN

BRANCH, STH BOMBARDMENT WING, WALYER AFB, NEW MEXICO.
REPORT BELIEVED TO BE RELIASLE IN LIGHT OF PROFESSION
OF INDIVIDUALS MAXING SIGHTING. OFFICER mgm WAS (
PRIMARY CONTACT FOR COMPLILING REPORT. OFFICER Sp
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AND VERIFYS d@M STORY. THE. ONE B-52 REPORTED Z
ABOVE AS IN THE VICINITY AT THE TIME FOR SIGHTING IS

NOT BELIEVED IN ANY WAY RELATED. THIS REPORT HAS

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THAT HIS SIGHTING WAS SIMILAR TO THAT SIGHTING REPORTED

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OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1962. IN THIS FEPOFRT A SIMILAS (
OF JzCT WAS FZLIABLY REPORTED TO KAVE BEEN SEEN BY
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