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Roswell, New Mexico, August 1958

Date of account: 1958-08
Location: Roswell, 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 Wes Balloon 15 August l958 Roswell New Mexico 100 Probably Bolloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION .Local 2247 X Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aireraft 口 Probobly Aireraft GMT. 16/0547Z Ai~Visual Air-Intercopt Radar S.·PHOTOS 6.SOURCE axWasAstronomical Meteor aYo. Probobly Astronomicol DNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Date for Evoluation Unknowm 5 secs one not given 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS A bright intense flash of light, No shape or size is given in yellow to orange in color, with a rpt; however,the description long tail giving off sparks was of the obj has all the chara- seen flashing across the sky. cteristics of a meteor. ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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AUG 181958 572 PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED FXCEPT PRROR TU CATICORY R ENIRYPTION.PHYSICALLY RKHOAF TY DATR.TIEGROUN AST1O BRA119B KNB.164PB041 UNCLASSIFIED RR RJEDBR RJWZKN RJEDSQ RJEDDN RJWFDN DE RJWFJP 39B R. MM COMDR 47 WALKER AFB N MEX TO RJEDBR/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NEB + RJWZKN/COMAF 15 MARCH AFB CALIF REDSQ/COMATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO. REDDN/COMDR ADCENT AFB COLO RJEPHQ/ASST CHIEF STAFF INTELIGENCE HQ USAF WASINGTON D C RJEPHQ/OFFICE OF INFO SV HQ USAF WASH DC RJWFDN/COMDR 34 ADIV AIR DEF KIRTLAND AFB N MEX BT V6DOI 8-1693/SUBJECT: UFO SIGHTING REF 15AF MESSAGE DI 6O41, DA1DD 29 NOV 57 AND.AFR 200-2 DTD 5 58. 1.QUFOINITIAL SIGHTING REPORT Classitication Cancelied A.DESCRIPTION ORChangedo ac (i) SHAPE NOT DISCERNAGLE Ar:E2 205-10 2) SIZE UNDETERMINED PoeA2-11lii) .(3) COLOR SPARKS WERE YELLO TO ORANGE (4) ONE OBJECT (6) BRIGHT INTENSE FLASH OF LIGHT (7) TAIL STREAMING BEHIND AS IF D

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