~tweon Cloudcroft Tha observe~ vas s t a fo~ 117 but 11. C~l~F W~..\rtY A:>!Z> AN..\LY~IS not Th9 ob3arver "'as driving ess~ em route 82 New .[.!a:dco, ".lhcn a fo-.; oiloo c~.:.t of Zlke N.y.; r-~;:icc a noticed a larg-3 r:nbel' lic;h'.; ~o the ri,s.h"; at ~ an3la ot about 15 dag. The o~jo ~c~ai~vd i~ untill tha observe~ came to tha outskirt~ Officer In Cha~ge of U F 0 'rhe Pc!1tagon ~ashtngton , D. C , Dear Sir : On :9ecamber 19th , 1967 I 'tTds d riving from Cloudcroft ~ Nen.r Tlexico on ronte 82 tO'Jard Artesia , N . N . A.t a point about 10 miles l.T~s t of th~ location trhera Hl HflY 'f 13 t3kes one ~rorth to Roswell , N . f1. I sa~T a large :;~m':Jer light to the right side of the Hiway a t an angl e of about 1.5 o It sa.emed to be movin~ s. l i tt1 e S.Qtl.t..,~ of .Du East The 1'oon Has bright , near a full moon , and Has to ny le:ft a t an angl~ of about 20 o The time ~as about 7 :30 P.i~. At .first I toorl: it to be a ararning 1 ight on a ::;no~-1 ploH ; However it did not go around and flash ; also it stayed on a straight course and did not disa~pear as it t.-roul d have since 1 t h i s area is hilly with many turns in the roadHs:~.y j I stopped several t imes and glassed the object'with my 7 X ~0 bi~oculars J~dging the distance at 5 miles and the nor.aal increa~e o:f vision with the glasses it appeared to be fron 150 to 200 f t '~;ide. It vras true amber color and seemed to get only slightely brighter then darker to the same degree There was n v unusual sounds, Hhich I could hear If thera H'3.S any 1-1imd it ,ras veey light and certainly not to carry a bsl~o mor e then 40 miles ,.men the lights of Artesia ca:ne into vieH it lifte d An d Pass-ad- ju3t South of the city , gQining altitude so that it pqssed near the top of a radio tmt9r Hhich he.d a red light 0:1 ~op ')::: I made some c ~'7le ra If you part of it sh.OiiS '.iith a good Bell :.: :Io-,rell U;:) .. Jhen film is develuned 8 r:.m novie I hnvP. t.:ol3.~reled .iest Texc.s :t:ld :eu "oxico for th~ past 10 yo~1rs IIav~ :-:c :m s o:ne strange th~ n~s a ong ne :. 1. ~.-e ::>an as ?-r"~-.'.~ ~ t;rou.lldu ; this .r3s the mo:t b~ffling ;n..nd ~TOuld bo intP,.!'e.' .; ,Hl in kno1iing if a!1ycne els8 -a~T this object SincArely your~ ,