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Kirtland AFB overview summarizes the 1957 radar-visual sighting and aircraft explanation

The overview records the reported tower-controller observation, radar discussion, Project Blue Book investigation and the Air Force conclusion that a possible aircraft best fit the report.

The overview records the reported tower-controller observation, radar discussion, Project Blue Book investigation and the Air Force conclusion that a possible aircraft best fit the report.

This is a tertiary overview and should be used to orient readers before primary Blue Book or Condon material.

It fixes the basic public outline used by the local Kirtland case page.

Use it as an index, not as the final evidentiary authority.

Sourcehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtland_AFB_UFO_sighting