NUFORC Sighting 27362

Occurred: 1997-03-12 06:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-01-29 17:53 Pacific
Duration:

Location: Holloman AFB, NM, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Left a trail

Abnormal contrails seen over two US Air Force Bases in New Mexico

As a member of the US Air Force I was use to seeing aircraft in the sky day and night. One morning as I stepped outside to a clear blue sky my attention was drawn toward the sky to something I'd never seen before. Above the Holloman Air Force Base runway at an unknown height was an abnormal contrail. It was not the usual long straight contrail but a single consistent contrail that looped in a tight group. It looped in not only tight radiuses but also sharp right turns! It may have been weeks or even months from the above incident when an Albuquerque news broadcast showed a picture taken of an abnormal contrail over Kirkland AFB over 100 miles away from Holloman. The report was made public after people swamped the news network with calls. The news reported that they had contacted the local Air Force Base and questioned the contrails in the sky. The Air Force responded that they were not created by military aircraft but gave no other explanation.

The contrails on the television were very similar to those I had seen in the past. If that was not surprising enough, as I stepped outside that same morning, in the sky over Holloman AFB was the same type of contrail as shown on the news broadcast over 100 miles away??

NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD

Posted 2003-03-21