(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Brad Sparks:
Nov. 4, 1957. About 8-10 [4?]
miles SSW of Orogrande , New Mexico
1:10 p.m. (MST). James Stokes, electronics instrumentation technician,
Rocketsonde Branch, High Altitude Test Division, AF Missile Development Center,
Holloman AFB, NM, a Mr. Duncan of Las Cruces, NM, and Allan Baker of Holloman
AFB. Stokes was driving S down Hwy 54 when his radio faded and the car slowed
[stopped?] as if the battery was failing then he noticed 6-12 cars ahead of him
had stopped and drivers were out looking at the sky (looking behind him to the
NE), including Duncan and Baker. Stokes stopped and got out, saw pearl-white
oval or egg-shaped object about 500
ft wide with slight purplish tinge heading S at high
speed estimated 1500-2000
mph from the NE below elevation angle of Sacramento Mtns
ridgeline, descending from about 5,000 ft above ground level in shallow dive to
about 1,500-2,500 ft
altitude as it swerved to the W to pass to the S of Stokes and the other
stopped cars about 2 or 3-5
miles at closest, then circling around headed W and
disappearing. The same or another object appeared in the NE (as if the object
had completely circled) and performed same rounded course but passing farther
to the S of the parked cars [about 5 miles ?] and disappeared in the W. Duncan took
35 mm
film of the object. Stokes noticed a wave of heat from the object at closest
approach, later that evening was sunburned, but it cleared up the next day. (Sparks
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