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Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 1955

Date of account
1955-08
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 10 Aug55 Albuquerque, New Mexico 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Locol Ground-Visual 口 Probobly Aircraft 10/1530Z D AirVisuol Air-intorcopt Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomical No civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 45mins NW & Ascending 口 Insufficient Dota for Evoluation one 口 Unknowm & Stationary 1O.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One,round disc shaped obj,silver,trailing Weather balloon released from Kirtland AFB smoke, traveled Nw, remained stationary traveled in Nw direction and was in area and the ascended. pf sighting at time of sighting. Duration pf sighting and description of sighting all fit. Smoke is attributed to o

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