09-17-2024, 02:06 AM
• Kirtland AFB UFO, Nov 4th, 1957.
The same week all the 'flying egg' reports were coming in from Levelland there was also another very strange 'flying egg' incident at Kirkland Air Force base in New Mexico - the UFO was confirmed on ground radar and witnessed by two air tower control officers (through binoculars) who described the object as 'egg shaped' with 'no wings, tail or fuselage' and 'a single white light at its base'.
The object circled the base and came within 300 feet of the ground but then abruptly reversed it's direction and climbed at a very high rate of speed away from the field on a 120 degree course - it then headed south at very high speed before returning north to trail a military jet which had just taken off.
Bluebook explanation
'Aircraft'
The same week all the 'flying egg' reports were coming in from Levelland there was also another very strange 'flying egg' incident at Kirkland Air Force base in New Mexico - the UFO was confirmed on ground radar and witnessed by two air tower control officers (through binoculars) who described the object as 'egg shaped' with 'no wings, tail or fuselage' and 'a single white light at its base'.
The object circled the base and came within 300 feet of the ground but then abruptly reversed it's direction and climbed at a very high rate of speed away from the field on a 120 degree course - it then headed south at very high speed before returning north to trail a military jet which had just taken off.
Quote:Witnesses: FAA(CAA) tower personnel, R.M. Kaser and E. G. Brink, reliable observers with 23 years of airport tower control experience between them.
A lighted object came down steeply at the east end of runway 26, 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. Both Kaser and Brink emphatically stated that the object in no way resembled an aircraft.
Casefile:
The Kirtland 1957 UFO Incident Directory
PDF File:
The Kirtland Airfield UFO by Dr James E. McDonald
Bluebook explanation
'Aircraft'
