Alamogordo unidentified aerial event — February 24, 1950

On or during February 24, 1950, at or near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States, the source reports the following sequence: TYPE OF OBSERVATION Obj observed to move NW 7. COURSE Observed to move NW 8. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Nil HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON UNCLASSIFIED File No: (24-B) - 25 SUBJECT: UNKNOWN AERIAL PHENOMENA Sighted by Cpl LERTIS E. Photographs of this object were taken at 1930 hours when it first appeared, by a brighter than before and had moved west to east than before, and appeared much closer. At 0200 hours the next day the object again appeared and was under observation until 0230 hours when the object again disappeared behind a mountain at approximately 0230 hours. Air Force program that investigated unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the text in the image, the output is as follows: REPORT OF "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT" 19 FEB 1950 PREPARED TO: DEPT. Booth was driving south on Highway 54 toward Alamogordo, New Mexico, when he observed two unidentified objects in the sky traveling at a high rate of speed from north to south. He stopped his vehicle, watched the objects for approximately 10 minutes, and estimated their speed at approximately 1,200 miles per hour. They were first observed at an altitude of approximately 30,000 feet and descended to an altitude of approximately 10,000 feet before disappearing from view. FISHER Colonel, USAF Chief, Policy and Management Group Office, Deputy Director for Estimates Directorate of Intelligence HEADQUARTERS 6540TH MISSILE TEST WING AIR FORCE MISSILE TEST CENTER Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico 23 JUL 1952 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object TO: Director of Intelligence Headquarters, USAF Attn: A-2 (Mrs. G. confidential report of an unidentified flying object taken at 1930 hours 24 Feb 50 from Datil, New Mexico.