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Tatum, New Mexico, September 1951

Date of account
1951-09
Location
Tatum, New Mexico
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 17 Sep 51 Tatum, New Mexico 口 ProboblyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Not Given xDCGround-Vi sual Ground-Rader 口 Wos Aircraft Locel 口 Probably Aircraft D AirVisual D Air-lntercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Y. 口 Probably Astronomical RrNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othor. Insufficiont Dato forEvaluotion 10 to 15 seconds 1 W&S D Unknown 1O.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Color Orange-red. Speed was slow. Shape like 1NSUHACIENT DATs, HS ball. Size larger than ayy A/c (B-29). Maneuvers. Changed direction.Object reappeared three CENFLICTING INFOEmATEN. times for periods of 10-15 seconds. Speed SReeo SLosYeTDURATsN ONR? slow. lO-SSecENDs. No Case On File. ATIC PORM 329(RZV 26BZP 52)

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