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La Madera, New Mexico, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
La Madera, New Mexico
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 6 December 1957 La Madera, New Mexico 口 Probably Bailoon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local AxGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_07/0011Z AirVi sual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYo. 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. side to side Xx Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown still in sight 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object round, size of basketball Due to lack of information diffi- color white light. object moved side to cult to evaluate.Probably astro- side 5 feet in either direction. nomical; however,i information was Binoculars used. of position at 45 dgr elevation in South. ATICFORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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