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UFO case file · UFO-31382

3Mi SEof Portales unidentified aerial event — January 1961

CE1United States1961-01-01

3Mi SEof Portales, New Mexico, United States

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Case description

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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