(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Francis Ridge:
Apparently the UFO flew right-to-left along the
East-West runway, then turned SW toward the tower, stopping near the nuclear
weapons storage area for about a minute. McDonald mentioned that the UFO
stopped near the Kirtland ‘Drumhead Area’ where the B-58 operated. If the
object hovering near a WSA (Weapons Storage Area) didn’t get your attention,
you have to read what the implications might have been with the B-58 ‘Hustler’!
See Joel Carpenter’s preliminary analysis link below. And there’s a lot more.
CAA tower personnel, R. M. Kaser and E. G. Brink, were
reliable observers with 23 years of airport control tower experience between
them. A lighted object came down steeply at the east end of a runway, left the
flight line, crossed runways, taxiways, and unpaved areas at about a 30 degree
angle, and proceeded southwest towards the control tower at an altitude of less
than 100 feet.
Observed through through 7x binoculars, the object appeared to be egg-shaped,
having no wings, tail, or fuselage, and was elongated vertically. It appeared
to be fifteen to twenty feet tall, about the size of an automobile standing on
its nose, and had a single white light at its base. After the UFO left the area
it was tracked on a CPN-18 surveillance radar and it exhibited some amazing
flight characteristics. The object also came back towards Kirtland until it
took up a position behind an Air Force C-46 that had just taken off. It stayed
in position behind the C-46 until they both moved out of radar range.
There have been several UFO incidents in and around
Kirtland AFB through the years. A questionable one happened in 1980, but the
one of November 4th, 1957, was one that has stood the test of time and has been
well covered by Hynek, McDonald, etc.”
Wikipedia article: “Kirtland Air Force Base”:
Related posts:
realtvufos.blogspot.com/search?q=1957
2006 US Geological Survey photo
of Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (
wikimedia.org)
(wikimedia.org photo)
