May 12, 1952 — Roswell, NM
8:45 p.m. A UFO is seen by Walker AFB T/Sgt. Raymond Bare in a car in downtown Roswell, New Mexico. The object is blue-green in color, and its estimated altitude above the terrain is 20,000–30,000 feet. It appears to be about 40–50 miles distant over some low mountains east of Ruidosa. The object travels three times over approximately the same south-to-north / east-to-west, swaying, triangular course. Rate of speed cannot be precisely estimated but is faster than that of jet aircraft. Intensity of color brightness varies with the object’s altitude. The Air Force explains it as the planet Venus, but Venus is on the other side of the earth at the time. [Eberhart]
Sources:
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., pp. 390–391;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 436;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 578, p. 132;
NICAP, “High-Speed Object Maneuvers over Mountains”;
