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UFO case file · UFO-29578

Lower California Mexico reported disc saucer observation — November 6, 1957

CE1Mexico1957-11-06

Lower California Mexico, Mexico

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Case description

On or during November 6, 1957, at or near Lower California Mexico, Mexico, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Object at extreme altitude observed for 3 minutes and observed closely for 4 minutes. Drawing representing a missile followed to crash inland. No missile activity observed. The top object is described as a "Flying Saucer" and the bottom object is described as a "Circular Object Reported to be 25 ft. in Diameter." UNCLASSIFIED SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, 1001ST AISS DOCUMENT DATE: 6 NOV 57 CASE DATE: 6 NOV 57 PART ONE Part One of "Big Case" supplement series, containing: a. UNCLASSIFIED SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 D-30, D*ACMINT TO , 1006TH AISS PALS ONE (1) SHEET, COPIES OF THE REPORT OF THE SUBJECT CASE ON THE INCIDENT BEFORE THEY WERE TURNED OVER. PART ONE: DETAILED SKETCH, ROUGH SKETCH, OR PHOTOGRAPH OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IS ATTACHED. PART TWO: DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT - AS OBSERVED 5. PART THREE: DURATION: APPROX 3 SECONDS PATTERN OF MOTION: SIGHTED HOVERING, THEN SPEED ACCELERATED TO TREMENDOUS SPEED AND DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: "Considering the excellent weather conditions and the circumstances surrounding the sighting, the possible explanations that could be applied, such as balloons, rockets, or aircraft, are in my opinion inadequate to explain the maneuvers of the objects observed, which were completely out of the ordinary or normal for any known craft. The observers could detect no sound or trail, and the objects seemed to travel at extremely high speeds." It is stated that they could not have been any known or common aircraft vehicles, and the objects sighted were of a definitely unusual and unfamiliar character, and the observers were all familiar with aircraft. SOURCES reported the fact that he had no film in his camera and that he did not take any pictures of the object he observed on the road or mark the spot on the road for later reference. LONG FROM LAS VEGAS TO TONOPAH UNCLASSIFIED JOINT MESSAGEFORM INVESTIGATION OF UFO SIGHTED 115 DEGREES, 16 MINUTES WEST, 27 DEGREES, 32 MINUTES NORTH, (VICINITY OF POINT EUGENIA, LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO) 22 NOV 57, AT APPROXIMATELY 1904 HRS (PST) IS SUBJECT.

Recorded details

Local time
2 30
Craft description
Disc / Saucer
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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