November 3, 1957 — White Sands Missile Test Range, NM
About 3:00 a.m. Two MPs at White Sands Missile Test Range, New Mexico, Cpl. Glenn H. Toy and Pfc. James E. Wilbanks are making rounds in their jeep when they notice a bright object high in the sky. It drops down to about 150 feet and the light goes out. A few minutes later the light goes on again and it drops to the ground in a bunker area 3 miles away and goes out. The UFO is egg shaped and about 225–300 feet in diameter. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 169;
Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, 1958, p. 238;
Donald Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, 1960, p. 115;
A. Schopick, A Study of Secondary Effects, pp. 37–38;
Jacques Vallée, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 262; [Case 420]
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1262, p. 254;
Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 November 3rd–5th, The Author, 1997, pp. 6,7;
Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 November 3rd–12th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2003, pp. 4-5;
Michael Swords and Robert Powell, UFOs and Government, p. 259;
Kevin Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 23–27;
NICAP, “Three MPs Report Object over White Sands Base”;
Wendy Connors, “Project Blue Book Guide,” November 20, 2013, audioclip 33;