Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Tularosa, New Mexico, 31 August 1952

This document contains an Air Intelligence Information Report regarding a sighting of two unidentified objects near Tularosa, New Mexico, on August 31, 1952. The primary witness, Allen D. McLean, reported that while driving from Cloudcroft to Alamogordo with his family around 8:00 P.M., he observed two very bright, star-like lights in the northwest sky. The objects were initially motionless, positioned one above the other. After the witness passed through a mountain cut, the objects were no longer visible. Shortly thereafter, one of the lights descended to eye level, leveled off, and traveled in a southerly direction at a speed described as significantly faster than a jet aircraft before disappearing behind a mountain. The report includes a Project 10073 record card, a formal transmittal memo from the 6580th Missile Test Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, and a detailed statement from the witness. The investigation noted that the sighting occurred shortly after a scheduled balloon release in the area. The report includes technical data, such as weather conditions at the time of the sighting, and maps of the area. The official evaluation of the report remains inconclusive, with investigator notes highlighting that while surface winds were in the opposite direction of the object's flight path, the winds aloft were not provided. The document was processed by the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.