UPOI INDIX CAIID 2. LOCATION Raclluat Sp rs.n,e, 111 12. CONCLUSICINS. ' D Waa Balloon D Probably Balloon w.l#waftz New ~ .O..Uftti-VIwtll D GrovntiR .. ., D Was Aircraft Vfi"'T~ ttlf a Probaltly Aircraft D Alr-VIIuol D Alr-lntorc.,t Reder D PossiWy Aircraft Q. Was Aatronomi cal ~ Probably Astronomical C Possibly Astronomical I. NUMIIR Ofl OIJICTS 9. COURSI D Other _ LIMOTH 011 OIIIRYATION ate Up and lllto g tt:ac"!!'.:- Data for Evaluation IRIIP SUMMARY 0, SIGHTING Jl aa. ro\Di red, arn, blue and wblte object tbe lu ot a quarter~ ana e length. Object n movlna tnlgbt up ancl lnto a cloud an~ wae ln elght tor 10 mlnut AlSOP FormS (15 Oct 54) ~85TH ACWRON CA) QROUNDVISUAL CB) BINOC RS 7 X ,. 8 X 31 POWER (C) NEGATIVE (8) NIGHT TIME THREE MILES SOUTH OF RADUIM SPRINGS, N. MEX AT PC LAS CRUCES CITY.POLICEMAN LAS CRUCES, N. MEX :~:.: DO ANA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT. AGE THRE RJWFDN 3F NEW MEXICO STATE PATROLMAN NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE LAS CRUCES, N. MEX DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, LAS CRUCES DISTRICT NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE PAGE TWO RJWFDN 3F CH) NEGATIVE (l) OBJECT ROSE VERTICALLY FROM TOP OF ORGAN MOUNTAINS CELEV. 9811 AND DISAPPERARED 11 MINUTES LATER INTO CLOUD BANK ESTIMATED TO BE AT 21118 FT. CA> WITNESSES WER WATCHING SKY (B) 11 DEGREES CC) 25 DEGREES (D) STRAIC:HT UP (E) FADED INTO A CLOUD BANK A/1C KENNiJ_.H BARNES? A/2C ROBERT COLLARD ALL RADAR OPERATORS OF SS'TH ACVRON RELIABILITY OF ALL IS EXCELLENT. CA) CATTERED CONDIT FT YISIBlLITY, 41 MltstS (8) 6111 FT 2a1 DEGREES A_,31 KNOTS, 11111 FT 2,1 DEGREES 16111 FT 2'1 DEGREES AT 41 KNOTS 21111 J'T 231 DEGREES AT ,. KNOTS 3IIH FT 231 DEGREES AT 11' KNOTS '1111 iT 2-1 DEGREES AT 51 KNOTS. (D) 51 MILES PAGE FOUR RJWFDN 3i CF) NEGATIVE (8) NUMEROUS UFOB REPORTED IN AREA DURING PAST 48 HOURS NO TRAFFIC IN AREA. ONE BALLON STATIONARY AT 22111 FT (11) AT 1411Z THE LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO CITY POLICE NOTIFIED THIS SITE BY TELEPHONE OF OBJECTS SIGHTED BY OFFICER BARELA OF CITY POLIC OFFICER ARCHULETA OF THE SHERIFFS DEPT CAPT. AND OFFICER OF THE STATE POLICE. THESE ME.N t~ERE IN SEPARATE CARS AND IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY WHEN THE SIGHTING TOOK PLACE. THEY CALLED THRU THEIR RADIOS TO THE CITY POLICE DESK SERGEANT WHO, OFFICERS WERE ON DUTY, SCT ALBRO, AIRMAN BARNES AND COLLARD, WERE DISPATCHED FROM THIS SQUADRON TO GET THE COMPLETE STORY. OFFIC A ...... WERE INTERVIEWED SEPARATELY AND THEIR STORIES COINCIDED AS TO TIME, DESCRIPTION, AND MOVEMENT. AT THIS TIME~ CALL VAS RECEIVED AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS THAT CAPT AND OF~ICER PAG FIVE.RJWFDN.3F HAD-THE OIJECTS~-lN -S1GJI.t...-THE--Al-B.'1EN PROC-EEDED----- WERE LOCATED (11 MILES NORTH OF LAS CRUCES. THEY HAD SEEN TWO LIGHTS RISE FROM THE TOP OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS. OFFICER TARAZON NOTICED THE LIGHT FIRST AS HE THOUGHT IT WAS A FIRE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. WHILE TALKING TO THE POLICEMEN ANOTHER LIGHT APPREARED ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, RISING SLOWLY, PERHAPS 1 811 FT. PER INUTE. THE LIGHT ROSE UNTIL IT WAS LOST IN THE CLOUD BANK. IT IS THE OPINION OF THIS OFFICER, T/SGT ALBRO, AND OTHER u.s. AIR FORCE PERSONNEL INVOLVED THAT THE OBJECT OBSERVED WAS MERELY A STAR RISING FROM BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS. THE TWO PREVIOUS OBJECTS .WERZ SIGHTED AT THE SAME POINT AND IT IS OUR CONCLUSION THAT THESE WERE ALSO STARS. 1/LT. ROBERT V. DEBOLT, A031493~6, SENIOR DIRECTOR