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SUBJECT: 1980 KIRTLAND AFB SIGHTING FILE: UFO1819
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PART 1
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CUFON - UFO INFORMATION SERVICE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
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Freedom of Information Act Document Files
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COMPLAINT FORM
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ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
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TITLE DATE TIME
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KIRTLAND AFB, NM, 8 Aug - 3 sep 80 2 - 9 sept 80 1200
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Alleged Sighting of Unidentified
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Aerial Lights in Restricted Test Range. PLACE
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AFOSI Det 1700, Kirtland AFB, NM
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NOW RECEIVED
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Yes in person
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SOURCE OF EVALUATIOM
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Major Ernest E. Rdwards
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RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS ADDRESS PHONE
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Commander, 1608 SPS, Manzann 4-7516
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Kirtland AFB, NM
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CR 44 APPLIES
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REMARKS SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
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1. On 2 Sept 80, SOURCE related on 8 Aug 80, three Security Policemen assigned
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to 1608 SPS, KAFB, NM, on duty inside the Manzano Weapons Storage Area sighted
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an unidentified light in the air that traveled from North to South over the
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Coyote Canyon area of the Department of Defense Restricted Test Range on KAFB,
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NM. The Security Policemen identified as:SSGT STEPHEN FERENZ, Area Supervisor,
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ATC MARTIM W.RIST and AMN ANTHONY D.FRAZIER, were later interviewed separately
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by SOURCE and all three related the same statement; at approximately 2350 hrs.,
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while on duty in Charlie Sector, East Side of Manzano, the three observed a
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very bright light in the sky approximately 3 miles North-North East of their
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position. The light traveled with great speed and stoped suddenly in the sky
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over Coyote Canyon. The three first though the object was a helicopter,however,
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after observing the strange aerial mameuvers ( stop and go ), they felt a
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helicopter couldn't have performed such skills. The light landed in the Coyote
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Canyon area. Sometime later, three witnessed the light take off and leave
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proceeding straight up at a high speed and disappear.
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2. Central Security Control (CSC) inside Manzano, contacted Sandia Security,who
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conducts frequent building checks on two alarmed structures in area. They
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advised that a patrol was already in the area and would investigate.
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3. On 11 Aug 80,RUSS CURTIS,Sandia Security,advised that on 9 Aug 80, a Sandia
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Sscurity Guard, (who wishes his name not be divulged for fear of harassment),
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related the following: At approximately 0020hrs., he was driving east on the
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Coyote Canyon access road on a routine building check of an alarmed structure.
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As he approached the structure he observed a bright light near the ground
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behind the structure. He also observed an object he first though was a
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helicopter. But after driving closer, he observed a round disk shaped object.
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He attempted to radio for back up patrol but his radio would not work. As he
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approached the object on foot armed with a shotgun, the object took off in a
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vertical direction at a high rate of speed. The guard was a former helicopter
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mechanic in the U.S.Army and stated the object he observed was not a helicopter
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4.SOURCE advised on 22 Aug 80, three other security policemen observed the same
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aerial phenomena described by the first three. Again the object landed in
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Coyote Canyon. They did not see the object take off.
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5. Coyote Canyon is part of a large restricted test range used by the Air
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Force Weapons Laboratory, Sandia Laboratories, Defense Nuclear Agency and the
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Department of Energy. The range was formerly patrolled by Sandia Security,
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however, they only conduct building checks there now.
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6. On 10 Aug 80, a New Mexico State Patrolman sighted an aerial object land in
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the Manzano's between belen and Albuquerque, NM. The Patrolman reported the
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sighting to the Kirtland AFB Command Post, who later referred the patrolman to
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the AFOSI Dist 17. AFOSI Dist 17 advised the patrolman to make a report
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through his own agency. On 11 Aug 80, the Kirtland Public Information office
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advised the patrolman the USAF no longer investigates such sighting unless they
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occur on a USAF base.
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7. WRITER Contacted all the agencies who utilized the test range and it was
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learned no aerial tests are conducted in the Coyote Canyon area. Only ground
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test are conducted.
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8.On 8 Sept 80, WRITER learned from Sandia Security that another Security guard
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observed a object land near an alarmed structure sometime during the first week
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of August, but did not report it untill just recently for fear of harassment.
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9.The two alarmed structres located within the area contains HQ CR 44 material.
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