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13 NM SSE Of Melrose, New Mexico Cannon AFB, September 1960

Date of account
1960-09
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13 NM SSE Of Melrose, New Mexico Cannon AFB
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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MULTIPLE SIGHTING PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 13 NM SSE of Melrose,New Mexico 30 Sep&28-310ct60 口 Was Bolloon Cannon AFB 口 ProboblyBolloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION 1800-1852 口 Was Aiicraft Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 ProbablyAircraft Air-lntercoptRadar 口 Possibiy Aircraft GMT. AirVisuol 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical (Star or Probobly Astronomicol Planet Yes Military D KNo 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 20-22min one descending 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round,bright light,becoming more orange and Object was possibly planet Mercuty which less luminous as it descends,about the size of was just above the western horizon; how- an automobile headlight.Object disappeared be- ever,the direction of the object which l

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