AFOSI-reported security observations of unusual lights / disc-shaped object and an alleged radio failure near Manzano/Coyote Canyon

Record

Date / period

1980-08-08 to 1980-08-09

Reported event / document

AFOSI-reported security observations of unusual lights / disc-shaped object and an alleged radio failure near Manzano/Coyote Canyon

Evidence type

Military complaint-form accounts / eyewitness statements

Original data accessible?

Publicly circulated document copies; original chain of custody not verified

Verification status

Reported witness observations; physical object characteristics and equipment effects not independently confirmed

Competing explanations / missing data

Ordinary aerial lights, misidentification, witness recollection and source provenance

Next step

Obtain original AFOSI files and independent duty logs

Source ID

SRC-139