25Miles Eof Santa Rosa reported light formation observation — July 15, 1952

On or during July 15, 1952, at or near 25Miles Eof Santa Rosa, New Mexico, United States, the source reports the following sequence: COURSE: Hovering, then left at high speed. UNCLASSIFIED RFD14 WPH275 YDB231 WYA184 WXKX231 JGFKD365 RR JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN JEPYB JWPLM 535 DE JWFKD 28 R 181520Z ZN2 ZEX FH'GO AGAINST SPT WG/ATOMICS' KIRTLAND AFB NMEX TO JEDC/DIR OF INTELLIGENCE'HQ USAF WASHDC JEDMP/.AIR TECHINTELLIGENCE CNTR ATTN ATIAA-2C WPAFB OHIO JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLO JEPYB/CG ARDC BALTO MD JWPLM/CG WADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF // ACG-WCRO-G-2 FLYOGRPT ONE RND SHINY OBJECT SIGHTED VISUALLY FR GROUND AT APPROX ®900 MST 24 MAY ON US HWY 66 APPROX 25 MI E OF SANTA ROSA NMEX X OBJECT WAS OBSERVED AS STATIONARY FOR APPROX 2 MIN CMA THEN DISAPPEARED TO THE S AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED X ALT OF OBJECT WAS DEEP HIGH X FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS ALL QUADRANTS X VISIBILITY 60 MI X WINDS W 14 MPH X OBSERVERS LT AND MRS OF CCC LN 5 GP 5 SHOULD READ VERY 18/2144Z JUN JWFKD UNCLASSIFIED The text in the document is as follows: STATEMENT June 18, 1952 EXTRACT On Saturday, 24 May, 1952, I was driving east on U.S. 66 about 25 miles west of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, with my wife as a passenger, when we both observed a round silvery shiny object in the sky. It seemed to be moving very fast to the northeast, fairly high, and to the northeast of it was quite some distance away, yet it was clear to us that it was quite some distance away, yet it seemed to move rapidly, and disappeared in the southeast, moving away in that direction. McCRACKEN Lt Col, USAF Wing Operations & Training Officer AF FORM 112-PART I UNCLASSIFIED AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Flying Object(s) Observed 15 July 1952 5 miles E. of Santa Rosa, new mexice 1430 hour, 15 July 1952 Capt. Wagner, USAF This reports that an unidentified object was observed from the ground at 0900 LST on 15 July 1952, near Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Highway 66, and was observed for approximately 15 minutes. The object disappeared from view when it appeared to go off into the distance and disappear. There were a few civilians who also observed the object, and they corroborated the sighting.