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5. FORMATION: N/A | S
6, DISCERNIBLE FEATURES ANO DETAILS: REDDISH TAIL |
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7. TAIL, TRAIL OR EXHAUST: TAIL APPROXIMATELY TWICE AS LONG ag
AS THE OBJECT. '
8, SOUND: NONE COBSERVER WAS RIDING IN A CAR AT THE TIME.) 4
9, OTHER PERTINENT OR UNUSUAL FEATURES: NONE \,
B, DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT
1, WHAT FIRST CALLED THE ATTENTION OF THE OBSERVER TO THE ia
OBJECT? THE MOVING OBJECT CAUGHT HER EYE. a
2, ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH OF INITIAL OBSERVATION: ELEVATION 4
APPROX |MATELY 45 DEGREES$ AZIMUTH APPROXIMATELY 135 DEGREES.
E ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH UPON DISAPPEARANCEs ELEVATION @ DEGREES; .
AZIMUTH APPROXIMATELY 1023 DEGREES.
4. DESCRIPTION OF FLIGHT PATH AND MANEUVERS: STRAIGHT ;
FLIGHT PATH DESCENDING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE LEFT. ten
5. HOW CIO THE OBJECT DISAPPEAR? INSTANTANEOUSLY AT THE i
HORIZON. ‘
6, HOW LONG WAS OBJECT VISIBLE? 1-2 SECONDS. ‘a
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D. TIME ANC DATE OF SIGHTING:
4. ZULU TIME-OATE: G43GZ; 2 AUG 65. q
2, LIGHT CONDITIONS: NIGHT ¢
EF, LOCATION OF OBSERVER: @34 DEGREES 47" N 102 DEGREES 27° We
APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SW OF HEREFORD, TEXAS ON U.S. HIGHWAY 62,
F, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERS %
1, CIVILIAN - MRS Sgn, AGC 5, SRI
CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, HOUSEWIFE. ESTIMATE OF RELIASILITYs NOT :
REL ABLE. \
. WEATHER AND WINDS = ALOFT CONOITIONS AT THE TIME ANO PLACE OF |
SIGHTINGS: ;
1, OBSERVERS’S ACCOUNT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS: CLEAR .
2, REPORT FROM AWS:
ALTITUDE «WIND DIRECTION —- VELOCITY ¢KTS) '
SURF ACE 102 DEGREES 4 4
6,922" 362 19 |
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53,209" 329 25 oe
62,224 NOT ACCESSIBLE 4
3. CEILING: NONE
&, VISIBILITYs 15 MILES ¥
5, CLOUD COVER: NONE ¥
6s THUNDERSTORMS IN AREAS NONE ‘
7. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT: 72 DEGREES F, DEW POINT 51. ¥
He OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITIONS: NONE Gl
|, INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN: NONE ;
J, AIR TRAFFIC IN AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTINGS bi
1. ARTC IN ALBQUERQUE: NO SUPPORTING INFORMATION. a
2, FAA IN ALBUQUERQUE: NO SUPPORTING INFORMATION,
3, RAPCON: RADAR INOPERATIVE AT TIME OF SIGHTING. H
“, POSITION, TITLE AND COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: DAVID F. C
OLDENBURG, 2/LT, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 27TFW, CANNON AFB, NMEX
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COMMENTS: THE OBSERVER IS BELIEVED TO BE UNRELIABLE BECAUSE

HER REPORT 1S NOT CONFIRMED BY ANY AVAILABLE SOURCES. THE
REPORT ITSELF WAS VAGUE IN DESCRIPTION. "OFF IN THE DISTANCE”
WAS HER ESTIMATE OF HOW FAR AWAY THE OBJECT WAS. HER ESTIMATION
OF THE SIZE OF THE OBJECT SEEMED INACCURATE. AT FIRST SHE

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THOUGHT {T WAS AS BIG AS A 8ASKETBALL HELD AT ARMS LENGTH. SHE
LATER STATEOs "WELL, MAYBE IT WAS ONLY AS BIG AS A GRAPEFRUIT”.
AN OBJECT "OFF IN THE DISTANCE” OF THIS SIZE WOULD BE ENORMOUS,
AND ITS IMPACT WOLLD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN NOTICED. NO SUPPORTING
INFORMATION CONCERNING AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA COULD BE OBTAINED,
THE TOWN CF DIMMITT LIES ABOUT 16 MILES SW OF THE OBSERVERS
POSITION ON THE APPROXIMATE PATH OF THE SIGHTING. THE CBJECT
REPORTED MAY HAVE BEEN A METEORITE.

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