Santa Fe white circular object observation
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An experienced pilot observer in Santa Fe, New Mexico reported a perfectly white, circular, flat-appearing object estimated at 100-150 feet in diameter at approximately 30,000 feet altitude, remaining nearly stationary for 15-20 minutes on September 23, 1948.
“While watching a government plane come in for a landing at Los Alamos at 0940 hours 23 Sept 1948, witness noticed something glint in the sun. Focusing his attention on the object he perceived that it was perfectly white, neither transparent or translucent and that it had no metallic sheen. It was perfectly circular, the side visible to him being flat - much as a coin would appear when observed from a distance.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1948-09-23
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Sante Fe, New Mexico
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New Mexico
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- perfectly circular, flat in appearance
- Size
- 100 to 150 feet in diameter estimated
- Altitude
- 30000 ft
- Duration
- 1200s
Source document
Agency: DEPARTMENT OF WAR
File: 38_143685_box_Incident_Summaries_173-233
Case ID: 1948-DEPARTMENT-85544F
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