Almogordo reported disc saucer observation — October 16, 1957

On or during October 16, 1957, at or near Almogordo, New Mexico, United States, the source reports the following sequence: LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: not reported 8. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Photo allegedly taken by government employee at Almogordo on 16 October 1957 released to news media by APRO in August 1958 as a supposed flying saucer. 9.—(UPI)—A CIVILIAN RESEARCH GROUP SAID TODAY IT HAS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE INDICATING "EXTRA- TERRESTRIAL BASIS FOR AT LEAST A PORTION" OF REPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS. [redacted], PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION HERE, MADE THE STATEMENT AS NEW MEXICO REPORTED YELLOWISH STARLIKE LIGHTS IN THE SKY FRIDAY NIGHT. AND THE "PHYSICAL EVIDENCE" WAS SECURED "THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OUR WORLD WIDE ORGANIZATION." HE DID NOT GIVE FURTHER DETAILS, EXCEPT TO SAY THE ORGANIZATION WAS CHECKING THE EVIDENCE MEANWHILE, A ROCKET SCIENTIST AT WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., REPORTED SEEING A GROUP OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS NEAR THE ALAMOGORDO MISSILE TESTING CENTER AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME WITNESSES SAW A CLUSTER OF LIGHTS. THE ENGINEER, WHOM THE APRO DID NOT IDENTIFY, SAID THE OBJECTS DESCENDED AND CLIMBED FROM THE SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE TESTING CENTER AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 10,000 FEET. EARLIER, THE APRO SAID THAT PERSONS HAD REPORTED SEEING MYSTERIOUS OBJECTS AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. IT MOVED TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS TO THE EAST, THEN SEEMED TO BREAK IN TWO OR SEPARATE. CARL JUNG OF SWITZERLAND MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO "HAPHAZARD QUOTING." JUNG SAID SATURDAY IN ZURICH THAT SOME AMERICAN NEWSPAPER HAD QUOTED HIM AS SAYING FLYING SAUCERS WERE REAL. [handwritten: R-44, A&L, [illegible], seal] [handwritten: FILM OCT.16,1957 ALMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO OBSERVER - APRO FILE # 1003473 IN CUSTODY OF AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION 1975] [handwritten: This case contains 4 8"x10" photos.] [handwritten: #] [handwritten: ROLL OF FILM IN SEPARATE FOLDER] 'CONVINCED IT'S AUTHENTIC' Flying Saucer 4,000 Feet In Diameter Photographed At New Mexico Air Base [Photograph of saucer-shaped object against desert landscape with poles or markers visible] SAUCER-SHAPED FLYING OBJECT PICTURED Researchers Release Photo Taken At Alamogordo Alamagordo, N.M. (UPI)— A photograph of an "unconventional aerial object" — saucer shaped and an estimated 4,000 foot across — was released yesterday by a group of civilians at this missile test center. The weird, huge object hovered for 15 minutes over the north missile test range near Holloman Air Force Base, the APRO claimed. He said the Hatch Act forbids government employees from becoming involved in public controversies such as the decade-long debate about whether flying saucers exist. "Experts have examined the negative and all prints and are convinced of its authenticity," Lorenzen said.