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Las Cruces, New Mexico Oklahoma City, Enid, Oklahoma, September 1954

Date of account
1954-09
Location
Las Cruces, New Mexico Oklahoma City, Enid, Oklahoma
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION Las Cruces, New Mexicd 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 18 September 1954 Oklahoma City, Enid, Oklahoma 口 ProbablyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Local BGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 19/0300-0400Z AirVisual Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5 PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical METEOR OYes 口 ProbablyAstronomical No Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 InsufficiontData for Evaluation Varies' 1 口 Unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS fWhite object leaving vapor trail which Unusual meteor,trail persist 30 renained 30 minutes-Explosive light.Rainbow minutes. coloredflame from object.Local evaluation meteorological phenomena -Exploding meteor LVR. (SEE CASE FILE) ATC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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