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UFO. United States

ID #1602599375
Added Tue, 13/10/2020
Author July N.
Sources
Phenomena
Status
Research

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
21.01.1976 03:55
Location: 
Cannon AFB
NM
United States

 The NMCC note. The following information was received from the Air Force Operations Center at 05655 (EST):

"Two UFOs have been reported near the flight line at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. The security police watching them reported that the UFOs were 25 yards (22.5 m) in diameter, gold or silver in color with a blue light at the top, a hole in the middle and a red light at the bottom. The Air Force is checking with radar. In addition, checking the weather inversion data." 

(Actual FOIA document)

Among the other UFO researchers who arrived in Clovis were several members of the UFO Study Group, which includes about 40 people, mostly employees of the Los Alamos Scientific laboratories of the military facility where the atomic bomb was developed during World War II.

Police said that many cases were reported between 18:00 and 22:30 on Friday, an hour before the arrival of observers from Los Alamos. 

Original news

Date:   January 21 1976
Location:  Cannon AFB, NM
Time:  Sometime before 3:55 a.m. MST.
Summary:  NMCC Memo: The following information was received from the Air Force Operations center at 0555 EST: “Two UFOs are reported near the flight line at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. Security Police observing them reported the UFOs to be 25 yards in diameter, gold or silver in color with blue light on top, hole in the middle and red light on the bottom. Air Force is checking with radar. Additionally, checking weather inversion data.”  (Actual FOIA document) Among other UFO researchers who arrived in Clovis were several members of the “UFO Study Group,” which has about 40 members, mainly employees of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories ­ the facility where the atomic bomb was developed in World War II. Police said scores of sightings were reported between 6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday an hour before the Los Alamos observers arrived. 
Source:  Las Cruces SUN NEWS, Sunday Morning, Jan. 25, 1976

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