Project 10073 Record Card and Related Correspondence — Tierra Amarilla AFS, 13 February 1957

This document collection details a UFO sighting reported by the 767th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Tierra Amarilla AFS, New Mexico, on 13 February 1957. The report describes two objects, characterized as being the size of a pea with blinking red, yellow, and green lights. According to the report, one object remained anchored while the second orbited the first. During the incident, an interceptor aircraft was reportedly escorted by one of the objects for 25 nautical miles before the object broke off. The observation lasted for two hours. Ground radar contact was established, though no air radar contact was made. The report was processed through the 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). While the 4602d AISS initially suggested a 'possible balloon' explanation, they acknowledged that the specific details of the sighting did not align well with that hypothesis. ATIC subsequently requested further documentation, including an electronics data sheet (ATIC Form 332) and a ground observer report (ATIC Form 164). The final disposition of the case was recorded as 'insufficient data for evaluation,' and the report was not forwarded further. The correspondence includes various indorsements between the 767th ACWRON, the 34th Air Division, the 4602d AISS, and ATIC, documenting the administrative handling of the case and the request for additional information from the radar operators and ground observers involved.