UFOB Index Card and Teletype Report — 20 NM E of Topia, N.M., 23 November 1954

This document consists of a UFOB Index Card and associated teletype communications regarding a sighting that occurred on November 23, 1954, at 230917Z. The incident took place 20 nautical miles east of Topia, New Mexico. The witness, identified as an air transport pilot for Meteor Air Transport based in Teterboro, New Jersey, reported a momentary, brilliant flash of light that illuminated the cockpit of his aircraft before disappearing. The report notes that there were no photographs taken and no radar contact was made. Weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with visibility of 40 miles. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities, specifically the Air Technical Intelligence Center, was that the sighting was a meteor or shooting star. The teletype correspondence confirms the transmission of this report from the 34th Air Division at Kirtland Air Force Base to the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The report is marked as unclassified and references OIN 7243.