Las Cruces, New Mexico, July 1958
- Date of account
- 1958-07
- Location
- Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 24Ju1 58 Las Cruces, New Mexico 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possidly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 827 Mount Time A.Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 25/0327Z Ai~Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Mio teor OYos 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian (Astronomer) 口 Possibly Astronomical XONo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unkno wn 20 secs one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Extremely bright obj -5 or -6 mag （w/ Confirmed meteor sighting. 4dgr tail) obsvd by leading astronomer cover arc fm 320dgr azimuth 35dgr alt to 100dgr azimuth 20dgr alt.Travel thus 5dgr per second,almost too slow for meteor. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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