Project Blue Book: Artesia, New Mexico — 16 January 1952

On 16 January 1952, two members of a balloon project from General Mills Aeronautical Research Laboratory and four other civilians observed two unidentified aerial objects in the vicinity of the balloon they were observing. The balloon was at an altitude of 112,000 ft. and was 110ft in diameter at the time of the observation.

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 Project Blue Book: Artesia, New Mexico — 16 January 1952 [15 Pages, 2.3MB]

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This post was published on June 9, 2022 12:04 am

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