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Holloman Air Force Base - Object with Vertical Loops

5 April 198·Holloman Air Force Base·USAF·unresolved

A trained balloon observer at Holloman Air Force Base observed an object performing three vertical loops before disappearing in a large arc to the west on 5 April 1948. The object was silent and moved at tremendous speed.

“Mr. Johnson saw the object that did not veer to the right. (see Incident #112 b) He stated that it was absolute ly silent on the desert that afternoon and that no atdi ble noiee was heard trom the object.”

Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov

Case details

Date
5 April 198
Date exactness
Not exact
Location
Holloman Air Force Base
Country
United States
Branch
USAF
Unit
Geophysics Lab Section
Sensors
eyewitness
Shape
Bore some resemblance to, but definitely not, a balloon
Size
size of a dime (relative to moon size of an orange)
Duration
30s

Resolution

Definitely not a balloon; apparently not manned; moved faster than any known aircraft

Source document

Agency: DoW

File: DOW-UAP-D088.pdf

Case ID: UNDATED-USAF-5E9B99

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