1. DAT! TIMI Gou' Civil ia.n 4. NUMIIR OP OIJICTI 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION escnp~. Gn to indice.te mrl ni;ht consist.:.:a.:1t th~ t the object could ~i th tY./ c. !io dn.ta p!,es\3ntcd cat4sed by :;..n a/: 5. L!NGTH OP OIIIIYATIOM II. 1111' IUMMAIY AND ANAL Yilt 15 Irinut es 6. TYftl 0, OISIIVATIGII Grouni-Visual. 7. COUitl! I fc1.n uv cred 9. PHYSICAL EYIDINCI Unusual obje .. t resemblin.~ a st().r ;:ltel"'!12.ti.l16 red and H:ute. Changed in intensity frol.~. the brit)ttost object :in the :i:.y t o h=.rdly visible. Ap::-ea r cd fro: t ov-3r :::o:t.nt"'ins disap~ c-:.:cirlti beyoni ano+.l1.cr mountain ra.(~C after severr.-1 ch.i:.t;es in course. Report edly observed l:v a.ddi-;~ion.?l Nitn~ss for 3-4-; :;.dnutes. I 'u C?:H:!Z upr ngs' . e't:f Al~X~CO' Air Force Conrnan0er Pe~ro Aeuirre Cerda Base A.nt ~ref1c :>ear 8ir: On Friday, July 2, at about 11:15 p.m. ~re watc!"ted an unusual object that reser.!b l,ad a s tar. It \tTas al ternn tel~r r3dd i s:1 a !" .. white. At tines it e.ppeare d to b9 the hrig~te:;t o b j ect in the s::y and at other times 1 t '\ras hardl~r ,,is i bl~. It \Ta ~rered or I zig-zagzed several times an~ also appeare~ to hol~ stea~y on occ:lss ions. ~ie vieHe"' it for approxiod tel~r 1 ) minutes. ~le first n:>ticad 1 t i!'l the ".ttest n:>ving no-rtheast. It changed course three ti~es. ~ben it reac ed due north 1 t chan2:ec1 conrse and travel a; in a nort!:.e:rly n irectio n . It a ;0.in c:J.an !!ed course anrl tra v::?J.ed narth east. It tren a Dueared t.:> tra.v 9 l iouth e:Jst a nr1 disa;pe a r e r1 ove r the mountain. D.:rin:~ t his t ine 'T..T~1 p:'.:>n c r1 a1.other peT'S::ln, 1 .. :~. , and h e a l s o sa\'r i t for ab':',.tt 3 t o ? Ha live in a monnt~ir v a ll.ey, 65 mile s nor t h o f Alb.,;_o,1erque, tTevr ~!exico. l:la a i' e surrou n "e(1 b y c~untains an'~ the o bject first appeared over the western range an disa,~eare~ ove r t~ e east~rn range. Since that tir:e , vie h a v e been tratc'~ing the ne't-1sua9e;. .. s in hope~ o f findin g a~ a~ticle concerning the obj~c~ we s a w . Th e a r ~.icle finally a p p eared in the Jul~r t3 iss u e of the ALB ... l-~;.{Q~J.6 Ju:~:- .. ~.1. But, the a .. ticlf:\ states tl1a t you vi91-1ed the o b j 2 c t Honrla?, .July 5. f elt our s.l:!ht Since~ely yours, 1 of a s~.mi l_ar o b j ect might be of i~rest