May 10, 1952 — Albuquerque, NM
3:00 p.m. USAF Lt. Col. Maurice G. Bechtel and his wife are in the yard of their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when they see two silvery disc-shaped objects flying straight and level, one after the other, moving southwest to northeast at above 20,000 feet. The first object seems to waver on its axis, the second object follows a similar path but at a higher altitude. The first object is the size of a B-36 at high altitude. Bechtel alerts the radar station but it is unable to track the objects. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 574, p. 132;
NICAP, “Two Discs Observed by Lt. Colonel and Wife”;
Extract from Status Report 7:
