Sandia base guard sighting
same night as August 31, 1951 Lubbock photos, about two hours before·Sandia base, Albuquerque·USAF·unresolved
A guard and his wife at Sandia base in Albuquerque observed a large dark shape resembling a flying wing aircraft hovering approximately 150 feet overhead with visible exhaust flames.
“a guard and his wife from the Sandia base in Albuquerque were sitting out in their backyard, and all of a sudden they looked up and they saw this big dark shape go over. And they said that it was, it looked a lot like a flying wing type aircraft, and it was down about 150 feet and it just scared the dickens out of them because it was so low.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D154.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- same night as August 31, 1951 Lubbock photos, about two hours before
- Date exactness
- Not exact
- Location
- Sandia base, Albuquerque
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New Mexico
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- Sandia base
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- flying wing type aircraft, dark
- Altitude
- 150 ft
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
Sandia base, Albuquerque / undated
- DOW-UAP-D154.pdf — Written report of this sighting
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