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ATTACHMENT lB OD0835
Kirtland Air Force Base. New Mexico--1980
The following Air Force document describes UFO reports by
security guards at Ki rtland Air Force Base, N.M., in August, 1980.
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KI~ AFB, :« , I lut;J - 3 S9P 80,
All~ S1QUw1gs or uuds'ltific
Aerial 1.1~ 1n R•tric:ted Ten Ra,ge.
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WJCrl DtNCST £. ID-UWJS
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Carma du , l e0IS SPS, Ma .zao
Urtlll'd AnS, MC ~75i6
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l • O'l 2 Sept eo. SCUCE related Cl"I e l&JQ ao. thn.~ Secur'i ty Pol 1~ ass:.~ to
1608 SPS, ICAflS, Nit, a, OJty inside the MllnZann ~ Staraga Areli sis,lted a\
U"adant1!1ed 11~ 1n the air that tnrveltd fran North to 5outh ~ the Coyote
CaT;a, .,...__. of the ~rtrnent of De!e,se AesVicted Test ~ en ICAf1S, Nit. nie
5er.ur1 ty Poliana-i "1:denti!ied a : SSCT S1tnitN F"u\D"!:, Area ~ .rvisor, AIC MMTDf
w. RIST 11'12 NoN NffllCN't' D. F'AAZIElt, ~ lat.er internewed separately by scua
Sid all t:h.r'M ntlate:1 the ..,. at.at~ At ~~tely 23~ . , 11111• o,
duty ir. O\arlie Sectcrt .Eut Side o! ~ . the thrW ct:iser,,c1 a~ bris,lt
hglt 1."1 the l.ky ~~ely 3 1111lu ~•North East o! thei r pc&l t1Cl"I . n.
ll.s:t,,; tr.welc with great spec w ~qipect 51.rlde)ly in the sky CNff' Cc,yote c«,ya,.
'lhe three first thcJu!t1t the CCj ~ WU a hel i-::c:.pU!r, ~, after d>sr.-.-u,g
the a.:r.1r1ge ~Al · 1,--.vera ( step and go) , they !~t a hel~ter-CQMQ"I 't
have r..crtoms1 such skill.'I . 'The l!~ 1.-ded 1n :ne Cojote Car.yen vea . ~
later, ~ wi~ the li~ tMe o!! and 1....,. pra:eedi.ng at.ra1g-it ~at•
higlt ~ rd ch~.
2 . Central sa::urity <:a,tl"'0l. (CS:) irwide Man:zMlo, CO"Jt.-:ted s.nd.la Security,
i.tw, ecnu:::ta f~t building c:::hedm en t.o alaniad atru:turw 1n the aru. nwy
edvised tha~ a petl"Ol .,._ .all"'Udy 1n the area and ~d investigate .
3. 0'\ 11 q eo, rum cums, Sandia seurity, mvi.~ ~ten 9 · q eo, • Sardia
Security Q..w.nl, (llh:I wiahes h1a nll!a not be diwlgad for fear of harass,wnt). relate-j
the folla.dn;: At as:ipraciJTWtely a::r2QV"S . , he WU driving E.ast cn the Coyoote Canycn
~ ro.j en a ~ine Q.11ld.1ng chec::k at&."! alaJ"lla:t s~ture • Aa he '"'roadw:1
the atnc1:1lr"e he cbMrved a bri~ 11~-; nur Ue ~ ~ the atnr.ture. He
alao ~ .-, cbj-=t he first tho.qtt -.s :i helicq:,t,"!r. &Jt after driving
cl::.er, he cmer,,w,:i a ro.nS disk she;,ed cbJ-., . He attall:':c to r.:tio fer• back
~ patral ~ h1a radio ~d not work. Aa l• ~roec:hed the ct,J-=t en foot anned
with•~. the ct,Jec:t tcok off 1n • vertlcal dlrecticn at• tug\ rate of~-
n. guard wu a former he!icq:,t er meawuc in the iJ.S . ArTrry and a:.ted the d,ject
he c:b5erYed -.snot• heliccpt.er .
4. sa,a adviMd en~ AuO eo, three~ a«:.rity poli csns\ c:bserved ~-.e &aiie
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