Albaquerque reported light formation observation — September 24, 1952

On or during September 24, 1952, at or near Albaquerque, New Mexico, United States, the source reports the following sequence: REPORTED BY: CIVILIAN 2. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: ROUND, LUMINOUS OBJECT, STATIONARY IN SKY, OBSERVED FOR 30 MINUTES 5. OBSERVATION: RELIABLE WITNESS, CLEAR NIGHT SKY, OBJECT APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED GRADUALLY The text of the document is as follows: UNCLASSIFIED AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT: Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft. List inclosures as lower left. Object reported seen for approximately 15 hours on 16 June '52 for a duration of approximately 14 seconds. The image shows a page from an Air Intelligence Information Report from Project Blue Book, dated June 1952, regarding an unidentified object observed near Albuquerque, New Mexico. 9 JUNE 1952, FLIGHT AND GROUND CREWS OF AN F-86D AIRCRAFT OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT. AS DESCRIBED BELOW, WAS OBSERVED SIMULTANEOUSLY BY PILOTS OF A FLIGHT OF 2 F-86D AIRCRAFT FROM A POINT AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 O'CLOCK RELATIVE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE. THE FLIGHT LEADER FIRST OBSERVED THE OBJECT AS IT CLIMBED FROM VISUAL CONTACT. THE TRAJECTORY OF THE OBJECT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE FLAT OR ONLY SLIGHTLY UP —CLIMBING, AND WHEN OBSERVED APPEARED TO BE NOT MORE THAN 230-300 FT. THE ABOVE WAS REPORTED TO KIRTLAND AIRWAYS AT ALBUQUERQUE WHO STATED THAT NEITHER BALLOONS NOR AIRCRAFT (GAC SINCE APPROX.