Elk, New Mexico, April 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-04
- Location
- Elk, New Mexico
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Yas Balloon 5 Apri1 1955 Elk, New Mexico Probably Balloon 口 PossiblyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 ProbabiyAircraft 05/1745Z DAir-Visual Air-lnterceptRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DxWas Astronomical Meteor DYes 口 ProbablyAstronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol BNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown ten seconds one straight down 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object with a fan shaped Probable meteor sighting-see tail the size of abaseball held attached news clipppng. at arm's length was seen in the bright sunlight.Color of object was a green-purple with an orange tail. Object first soen at an angle of 300 due south. Upon disappearing it ex- ploded twofe
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