UFO Case Report:
Kirtland Air Force Base 1980 UFO Landing
Date: August 9, 1980
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
On the morning of August 9, 1980, several security guards at the Manzano Weapons Storage Area, adjacent to Kirtland AFB, saw a bright light descend in (a) restricted area. A fourth guard observed a disk shaped light in the vicinity of a bunker used to store nuclear weapons. The incident resulted in a report being filed with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) at Kirtland.
Classification & Features
Type of Case/Report: MajorCase
Hynek Classification:
Special Features/Characteristics: Military, Nuclear Facility
More Articles on this Case
UFO Landing Near Kirtland Air Force Base: Welcome to the Cosmic Watergate
Dr. Bruce Maccabee, 1985
The morning of August 9, 1980, was only about 20 minutes old when a security guard spotted a "round disc shaped object" with a very bright light which had landed in a restricted test area east of Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here is an in-depth paper on the case by Dr. Bruce Maccabee.
Kirtland AFB Sightings
Loy Lawhon, About.com
Area 51 and Wright-Patterson AFB are perhaps the best known Air Force installations with connections to the subject of UFOs. but they are by no means the only ones. The UFO incidents that have occurred at or near Kirtland AFB, near Albuquerque, New Mexico, seem to have been ignored by mainstream UFOlogy. R
Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Complaint/Report Form
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) document
The report filed with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) at Kirtland.
Full Report / Article
Source: Francis Ridge, NICAP
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[The in-depth report of this case by Dr. Bruce Maccabee] has far-reaching implications if true, especially in light of what has been reported before at and near, Kirtland AFB, a military base which is one of the most sensitive military installations in the world.
On the morning of August 9, 1980, several security guards at the Manzano Weapons Storage Area, adjacent to Kirtland AFB, saw a bright light descend in (a) restricted area. A fourth guard observed a disk shaped light in the vicinity of a bunker used to store nuclear weapons. The incident resulted in a report being filed with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) at Kirtland. The incident was subsequently investigated by agent Richard Doty -- an interesting and mysterious figure who often appears in the UFO literature. Doty filed a preliminary report on the incident, which has been acknowledged and released by the Air Force. Researcher Bruce Maccabee's question is, where is the follow-up report? Surely, no such incident at an atomic facility, even if explainable by mundane causes, would not have been further investigated. Maccabee reveals strong circumstantial evidence that such a report exists but is being withheld by the Air Force.
Francis Ridge, NICAP
Case ID: 218
edit: 218
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