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PCF-008674 · case file

WHITE SANDS, NM, US

08/26/1949 · WHITE SANDS, NM, US · 1 witness

The record

No incident narrative was recorded for this case in the source catalog. The facts below are everything the master record retained.

Characteristics
Local time
100.0
From the source record
County
Dona Ana
# of objects
1
Witness count
1
Other sources
DoubtMag
Reported location (raw)
WHITE SANDS, NM, US
Source records · 5

The unmodified record(s) the master event was assembled from.

UFOCATU-1462812 fields
Date
08/26/1949
County
Dona Ana
Location
WHITE SANDS
Time Local
100.0
# of Objects
1
Country Code
US
Catalog Entry
U-14628
Other sources
DoubtMag
State or Prov
NM
Witness Count
1
Original Location
WHITE SANDS, NM, US
Duration (Minutes)
B
UFOCATU-146279 fields
Date
08/26/1949
County
Dona Ana
Location
WHITE SANDS
# of Objects
1
Country Code
US
Catalog Entry
U-14627
Other sources
DoubtMag
State or Prov
NM
Original Location
WHITE SANDS, NM, US
UFOCATU-657688 fields
Date
08/26/1949
County
Dona Ana
Location
WHITE SANDS
Country Code
US
Catalog Entry
U-65768
Other sources
KArnold1
State or Prov
NM
Original Location
WHITE SANDS, NM, US
UFOCATU-5567712 fields
Date
08/26/1949
County
Dona Ana
Location
WHITE SANDS
Time Local
100.0
# of Objects
1
Country Code
US
Catalog Entry
U-55677
Other sources
NewsClip
State or Prov
NM
Witness Count
1
Original Location
WHITE SANDS, NM, US
Duration (Minutes)
B
BLUEBOOK-DOCBLUEBOOK-DOC:9a43d631:22717 fields
city
White Sands Proving Ground
date
1949-08-26
site
rocket launch site
state
New Mexico
country
USA
date_raw
Aug. 26, 1949
incident
Just prior to a planned Navy Viking rocket launch, a senior officer scanning the sky with binoculars sighted an unidentified object from the N which was in a shallow dive then turned W. Viking no. 2 launch postponed to Sept. 6, 1949.
time_local
Just after 11 a.m.
trajectory
from N in shallow dive then turned W
case_source
BLUEBOOK
time_of_day
Day
source_quote
a senior officer scanning the sky with binoculars sighted an unidentified object from the N which was in a shallow dive then turned W.
catalog_entry
BLUEBOOK-DOC:9a43d631:227
location_text
White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico
witness_count
1
source_doc_sha
9a43d631b4fef701b0eca48a6a4341610f3d1de7281b7a5bd94eb1429136df30
witness_occupation
senior military officer
Geography
Satellite basemap of the case location
WHITE SANDS, NM, US
Sources
  • BLUEBOOK-DOC
    BLUEBOOK-DOC
  • UFOCAT
    UFOCAT
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