UFO case file · UFO-31382
3Mi SEof Portales unidentified aerial event — January 1961
3Mi SEof Portales, New Mexico, United States
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As this object moved away, it turned bright white. Several other people reportedly observed the object during the time it was visible. NONE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: CAME IN LIKE A FIRE, FORTY FIVE DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, DUE NORTH TWENTY DEGREES LEFT AFTER ABOUT TWO SECOND STOP, THEN STRAIGHT OUT SMOOTH AND STRAIGHT PATH OCR text from the document: PAGE TWO REPORT SA PART TWO: DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT A. It appears to be a typed document describing various details and characteristics of an unidentified flying object (UFO) sighting.
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