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Continental Divide AFS, New Mexico, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Continental Divide AFS, New Mexico
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Continental Divide 口 Was Balloon 1l December 1957 AFS,New Mexico 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Xx Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraf! 12/0213 to 0625Z GMT. D AirVi sual D Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE aX Was Astronomicol Meteor aY. 口 Probably Astronomical XXNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口口 Otho!- Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 3-5 seconds 口 Unknown up to2dox southerly 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Objects oblong, size of pancil Geminid meteor shower very promi- eraser, color of cigarette ash nent this year. Probably this up to 2 dozen,no formation.Sarply sighting was meteors from this defined leading edge. Tail approx shower. the length of obj.Obj fir

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