Category: 11; Sightings From Aircraft
  
Subject:    Jets Scrambled From Kirtland
Date:        July 29, 1952
Location:  Los Alamos, NM

#2276: 1952/7/29  10:0  10  106:17:20W  35:52:20N  3333  NAM USA NMX  8 10 
LOS ALAMOS CANYON,NM:6 SEP OBS:YEL UFO OVR BASE:JETS CHASE+VICE VERSA:E>>W 
Ref# 55 HYNEK,J.A.: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT     Page No. 61 IN-FLIGHT

Francis Ridge:
The original BB Unknowns do not include two sightings for this date. However, the the Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns by Brad Sparks does.

568. July 29, 1952. Walker AFB, Roswell, NM. Four weather observers, including base weather officer, sighted several high speed discs through a theodolite. Time not given. (Hynek UFO Rpt. Pages 114-115)

569. July 29, 1952. Los Alamos, NM. 10:00 AM. Several Los Alamos scientific lab and other witnesses saw a white object moving E-W, about 1.8-degrees/sec angular velocity, with gyration or fluttering motion. Two jet interceptors from Kirtland AFB arrived about 5 minutes later. Chasing object W-E, all three leaving contrails. At 10:57 AM, light brown egg-shaped object with wings was sighted hovering then shot off to the NW disappearing in three seconds. (Hynek UFO Report. Pages 61-64.

Hynek:
The apparent speed of the discs required the theodolite to be turned at maximum rate in order to track them, much faster than the rate used for conventional aircraft flying at high altitudes.

The intelligence officer:
The scientific experience of the weather personnel making these observations is sufficient to warrant credence in their sightings and indicates an actual appearance of unidentified flying objects.


For reports, documentation, analysis or discussions - see below:

Project Blue Book Documents
Jets Scarmbled From Kirtland - NARA [T1206-9 595-597] - Dan Wilson
Fighters Involved - NARA-PBB85 672, 703 - Dan Wilson
Fighters Diverted - MISC-PBB1 532-535 - Dan Wilson

Other Sources
From Project Blue Book Files - The Sightings At Los Alamos - J.Allen Hynek

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