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Sandia May 1952 Cylinder / Disc Reports

May 1, 1952Sandia Base / Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States

Howard Burgess later told Hastings that he and coworkers observed three large silver tumbling cylinders above Sandia Base. Hastings also located a contemporary newspaper account that instead described two discs followed by one cylinder, leaving exact count and configuration unresolved.

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“Howard Burgess later recalled three large silver cylinders tumbling end-over-end over Sandia Base; Hastings notes that a contemporary Albuquerque Journal report instead described two discs followed by a cylinder.”
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