Santa Fe silvery oblong object with exhaust
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An observer in Santa Fe, New Mexico reported a bright silvery oblong or egg-shaped object traveling at 700-800 mph with a bluish exhaust-like appearance at the rear, featuring a sunflower-like shape at its tail on September 23, 1948.
“Mr Fairchild saw a bright silvery oblong or egg-shaped object which appeared to have a speed of 700 to 800 MPH and which seemed to have a sort of sunflower shape at the end of it but apart from the object and close on its tail. He perceived a bluish appearance to rear of the object which could have been exhaust.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1948-09-23
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Santa Fe, N. M.
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New Mexico
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- oblong egg shape
- Size
- 150-200 feet estimated size
- Altitude
- 30000 ft
Source document
Agency: DEPARTMENT OF WAR
File: 38_143685_box_Incident_Summaries_173-233
Case ID: 1948-DEPARTMENT-67228E
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This sighting
Santa Fe, N. M. / 1948 / 38_143685_box_Incident_Summaries_173-233
- 38_143685_box_Incident_Summaries_173-233 — Written report of this sighting