Aerial Phenomena Sightings at Holloman Air Force Base

This document collection consists of correspondence regarding aerial phenomena sightings at Holloman Air Force Base in 1950, and subsequent inquiries by Max B. Miller of Flying Saucers International in 1958. The primary reports detail sightings made on 27 April and 24 May 1950 by Land-Air, Inc. personnel using Askania cine-theodolites. The Data Reduction Unit at Holloman analyzed the film, concluding that the objects observed on 27 April were at an altitude of approximately 150,000 feet, measured roughly 30 feet in diameter, and were traveling at high, undeterminable speeds. The report notes that triangulation was not possible for the 24 May sighting because the cameras tracked two different objects. Later correspondence from 1958 and 1959 shows the Air Force responding to inquiries from Max B. Miller. The Air Force maintained that there was no official record of the specific footage requested, despite references to these films in Edward J. Ruppelt's book, 'The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects.' The Air Force clarified that while films were taken, they were not available for public distribution and that any claims regarding their content were subject to disclaimers for factual accuracy.