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Artesia, New Mexico, January 1951

Date of account
1951-01
Location
Artesia, New Mexico
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCAR 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Artesia, New Mexico 口 WosBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 ProboblyBclloor 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local Ground-Visua! DGround-Radar WosAircraft GMT_Not Given 口 Probabiy Aircraf? O Air-Visuai S.PHOTOS D Air-lntercopt Radar C) Possibly Aircraft 6.SOURCE PYos 口 Was Astronomicai No Civilian 口 Probobly Astronomicoi 口 Possibly Astronomica! 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 40 seconds Insufficient Data forEvaluation 2 NE 口 Unknown 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Dull gray in color. Objects larger than balloop 11.COMMENTS Insufficient data for evaluation.Do Eoth cbjects were moving equal distance apart not kmow exart relationship to the appeared to make an abrupt turm & dissappeared balloon on such itens as positional ata very fast rate of speed. Day was clear. data and also no time concept. Objects woul

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