Kirtland AFB Radar-Visual UFO Encounter
On the night of November 4, 1957, at approximately 10:45 PM local time, two air traffic controllers on duty in the Kirtland AFB control tower in Albuquerque, New Mexico observed an unidentified…
Narration
Over the high desert, a compact unidentified object cuts eastward at 150 mph.
November 4, 1957 — Kirtland AFB radar confirms an unknown contact tracking 90 to 180 degrees.
Two Kirtland tower controllers track the object through binoculars, one attempting radio contact.
Binoculars reveal a narrow vertically elongated form, no wings, one white light, decelerating sharply.
Project Blue Book stamps it probable misidentified aircraft despite the officer's own written admissions.
Behind the Kirtland perimeter fence, the single compact object vanishes — catalogued RV-3, genuinely unknown.