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New Mexico-Texas Area, April 1960

Date of account
1960-04
Location
New Mexico-Texas Area
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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1 ;2.Mltiple PROJECT 10073 PECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 16 Apr 60 New Mexico-Texas Area 口 Wos Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 品 Probably Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bolloon Local GroundVisual DGround-Rodor 口 Was Aircraft GMT. 170202z Apr 60 口 Probably Aircraft XAinViwol 5.PHOTOS D Air-lntercopt Roder 口 OE OY. 口 Was Astronomicol KNo Civilian and Military a Probably Astronomical Meteor Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. "Slow compared to meteor" 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation one ENE-SW 口 Unkno wn 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1.Round, changing to elongated shape, size of 11.COMMENTS half dollar,green changing to orange, sparks Description is typical of a fireball. and fire trail developed after initial sighting Object burned out almost abruptly. Air sighting 2.Round object with tear drop tail gave off bluish-white

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