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4/26/64 - Orlando Gallegos, La Madera, NM, 1AM
Report Summary "...[the witness] went outside to chase some horses out of the yard. His attention was arrested by a bluish glow about 200 feet from the house. He walked toward the glow and was surprised to see a 'butane-tank-shaped' thing which appeared to be 'as long as a telephone pole' apparently resting on the ground between a parking and a dumping area and the dirt road which led from Petaca to La Madera. Gallegos... judged the object had been about fourteen feet in diameter. It had shot blue flames out of holes in the sides of the bottom and made no noise. [The object departed when the witness went inside to to tell his family.] Captain Vigil... patrolman Albert Vega, and patrolman Kingsbury ... found the ground still smoking, twenty hours after the incident..."[footnote 1]
Hynek Classification CE-II
Original Vallee Classification Type Ia
Current Vallee Classification CE2
Minimum Distance 200 feet
Object Appearance "Butane tank" shape, with blue "flames" emitted from openings along the sides near the bottom.
Object Behavior Hovering. Disappeared while witness was inside.
Physical Effect "[According to Captain Vigil] ...The ground was hot and smoking; there were bits of glass which looked as though they had been melted and four 8x12 inch indentations which were wedge-shaped at the bottom. There were at least a dozen circular "tracks" about 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter. An area of 35-40 feet in diameter had been scorched. The marks and their size correlate generally with the Socorro ground markings. The dimensions of the Socorro markings were not available in the press until [later that day]."[footnote 2]
Medical Effect None
Comments / Conclusion Obvious similarity to the Socorro case.

Footnotes

1. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers, Signet, 1966, p 223

2. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers, Signet, 1966, p 223

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