PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DAT! 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Las Cruces, Probably Boli-n 3. DATETIW! GROUI TYPE OF OBSERVATION Pouibly Boli-n Local 0524 ~ Grouncf-VIsual 0 Ai,.Viatol 7. LENGTH 0, OISUVATION NUa.\B!R Ofl OBJECTS 10. BRIEF SUIIWARY OP SIGHTING Trave_?,l .) n ~ hori.:')r.-a.l. :?a~h and :a.3 AT!C oJtW J29 (Jt&Y 21 8U' U) 0 GrundRoclor 0 Was Aircraft 0 Prolobl y Aircraft 0 A lrlntercept Rodor 0 Pouibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronoml col a: Probably A at ronoml caU-1et ear 0 Possibly Aatronomlcol COURSE 0 Other 0 Insufficient Oato for Evoluotlon 11. COWMENTS :.itn-= :;s "!.:l.lica ted tha t i t '"as a mete or. Descrjption fit s t ''lat of a c~a.:>3ic " fi:-c - bal L. .(here i.3 no evi.le.'l~e available i ll this repor t wnich i nd i c ates tr~t the ob,1ect Jas not a n.eteor. "MYSTERY LIGHTS"--9.s mentioned in La~ Cruces Sun-New~ In case it should be or any intere~t to anyon~, I happened to be photographing a satellite at 12:16 U. T. on January 15. At the conclusion o! the tran~it I happened to look to the north and saw the mo~t brilli~nt ''fireball'' I have ever seen. It was a greenish white and seemed to be emitting sparks and was far brighter than any of the planet~. I noted the time on our master clock as 12:24 U. T. This meteor (or meteorite) was traveling west to east and faded from sight due north of me. (1., :" ~ ) It was going almost on a horizontal path, very slightly slanting .~, :. 1 :n downward, and was only about 10 degrees above the horizon when sighted.,., -s .... ~ . No red flash as reported by Officer Garcia--also no objects circling in the sky were noted. I don't think we need fear that it was a flying saucer. Sef!_n Flashing ~ : ver Las Crucesf :c. 1 1\lore unidentified flying ~b- . joot. were spotted over Las Cru- ces early today, making this the third lncldt-nt In about a year and a half. Offleer Dan Garcia reported he saw a "red flash" tra,etlng In tbe dJreetton of the Organ 1 )fountains about 6:!!3 a.m. He 51\ld he later obflerved a white Ught stationary ln the sky, then "circ le a.round" before disappearing. The pollee depart- ment reported slrnllar slghtlngs were reported further north trom here. Tbe radio at \VhJte' Sand!J :lllssUe Range told the local de- partment that an aircraft over l.as Cruces enroute to El p_., was just mlseed by a fallln& I Pollee here said the siJhtlng-s I tere to be checked further by he batle U F 0 ANALYSIS SHEET DATE TIME GROUP PHYSICAL SPECIMEN YES NO v / PHOTO YES NO ~ SOURCE MILITARY CIVILIAN ~ TYPE OF OBSERVATION \/1 SUA ~ LENGTH OF OBSERVATION -1 '3ECoNO'S NUMBER OF OBJECTS ./ COURSE Wro E. SATELLITE: IN ORBIT: VERIFY YES: I NO: DECAY: ASTRONOMICALPHENOMENA METEOR 'tJc1!tSI8t..'t' fhen;.oe REFLECTION---- INVERSION PRESENT --- LENTICULAR CLOUD--- BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: PHOTO ANALYSIS -------------- PHYSICAL SPECIMEN ANALYSIS-------- \.vE::c:;-r - , C E-AST~ - fi+E:.. C'ia..JEC ~-L..J.A S -I~AJFt..t V.;? St-~!C'I'VCJ s . EVALUATION: CASE CATEGORY: ~ OBAB L'z fl J F-' f=._'i2 - CONCLUSION:-...,..-- I lif-... f