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Pecos, New Mexico, September 1957

Date of account
1957-09
Location
Pecos, 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 10073RECORDCARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 16 September 1957 Pecos, New Mexico 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION .Local XCxGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT 17/0342Z D AinVisual D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Meteor DiYes Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XCtNo 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown one second one Southwest 10.BRIEF SUMMARYOFSIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Disc-shaped object, size of grapefruit Description,characteristics, white with yellow tint,very long dull flight path,short duration, blue vapor trail disappeared instantly etc. suggest a meteor. No sound. ATIC PORM329(REV 26SEP52)

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