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UFO case file · UFO-30432

10mi Sof Clines Corner And Albuquerque unidentified aerial event — January 1959

CE1United States1959-01-01

10mi Sof Clines Corner And Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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Case description

Sighting reported as an exceptionally brilliant object, cold green changing to blue and orange. FOR AFCIN SUBJECT: UFOB REPORT: REF YR MSG AFCIN-4E4, 29 JAN 59 UFOB OBSERVER RE-INTERROGATED AND FOLLOWING AMPLIFYING DATA OBTAINED: OBJECT FIRST SIGHTED BY OBSERVER ON U.S. OBJECT WAS FIRST SIGHTED AT 19 DEGREES ALT AND AZIMUTH, FLYING SLOWLY SE AND UP AND DOWN WITH FLASHING LIGHTS, PASSING OVER ROAD AHEAD OF OBSERVER. OBJECT NEXT SIGHTED 3 MILES WEST OF CLINES CORNER ON U.S. TAWARE OBSERVER, TRAVELING SLOWLY, OBSERVER GOT OUT OF CAR AND OBTAINED GOOD LOOK AT OBJECT THRU WINDSHIELD, DESCRIBED AS SIZE OF GRAPEFRUIT, RED LIGHT AT REAR END, GLOWED OVER ENTIRE SURFACE WITH COLORS CHANGING FROM BLUE TO GREEN TO ORANGE. OBJECT REMAINED HANGING MOTIONLESS AT THAT POSITION WHEN SIGHTED BY A TOTAL OF THREE ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN.

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Local time
0322
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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