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West Mesa AFS, New Mexico, November 1957

Date of account
1957-11
Location
West Mesa AFS, New Mexico
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 26 November 1957 West Mesa Ars.New Mexico 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Locol Ground-Visuol XD Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircroft GMT 27/0341Z D AirVisuol D Air-lntercept Rador 口 Possibly Aireroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol DYas 口 Probably Astronomicol 口 Possibly Astronomical ONO Military 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE axothernan Bropotatio 口 Insufficient Dota forEvaluation 口 Unknowm ninute 24 soconds One 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Blip on radar clocked at 3ooo knots Since no confirming evidence was by antenna RpM. Elevation unknown, presented, it is assumed that anom azimuth 3l5 dgrs range 170 miles. olous prcpagation of some sort caused the reported track. ATIC FORM329(RRV 26SEP 52)

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