UFO sightings in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Air Force files

42 US Air Force Project Blue Book case files name Albuquerque. The files run from 1949 to 1966. The busiest year was 1965, with 7 files. Most were filed in July.

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Albuquerque is home to Kirtland Air Force Base and the Sandia nuclear weapons labs, and New Mexico's test ranges kept the skies busy with rockets, balloons and jets through the Blue Book years.

Files by year

0’47

0’48

5’49

2’50

2’51

4’52

3’53

2’54

1’55

0’56

3’57

3’58

2’59

0’60

2’61

2’62

0’63

2’64

7’65

1’66

0’67

0’68

0’69

Every file from Albuquerque

Each link opens the original scanned folder at the US National Archives (Record Group 341). Blue Book closed in 1969, so there are no files after that year.

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UFO sightings in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Air Force files

Files by year

Every file from Albuquerque

1949 5 files

1950 2 files

1951 2 files

1952 4 files

1953 3 files

1954 2 files

1955 1 file

1957 3 files

1958 3 files

1959 2 files

1961 2 files

1962 2 files

1964 2 files

1965 7 files

1966 1 file

Date unknown 1 file

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