Sightings1951

Artesia, New Mexico Skyhook balloon sighting

When: 16 Jan 1951
Where: Artesia, NM
Sources: 1 public source

A Skyhook balloon launch in 1949; the Artesia witnesses were watching a Skyhook when the objects appeared Office of Naval Research [2] (archive.org), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Two General Mills balloon staff and four local residents watching a Skyhook balloon from the Artesia airport reported two round, dull white objects that flew in, circled the balloon once, and left to the northwest. Edward Ruppelt cited the case after interviewing the General Mills team.

Sources

FirsthandThe Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1956

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