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    SUMMARY 

    Report of UFO sighting over Mt.  Archuleta,  NM on October 23, 1988  by 
    John F. Gille et. al. 

    LOCATION AND TIME 

    Southern slopes of Mt. Archuleta, 5 miles NW of Dulce, NM. 

    Location  of  the phenomenon:  South to North trajectory for about  two 
    miles stopping very close to Mt. Archuleta summit. 

    Estimated closest observers distance: 480 yards 
    Distance from observers to spot where the UFO stopped: 510 yards 
    Time: 7:51 pm  Mountain time 
    Duration: est. 5-6 seconds 

    WITNESSES: 

    Eliane Allegre, RN 
    Gabe Valdez 
    Edmund, friend of Valdez 
    "Jack" (pseudonym), PhD 
    Manuel, local kid 
    Greg, son of Valdez 
    Jeff, another son of Valdez 
    John Gille, PhD 

    CIRCUMSTANCES OF SIGHTING 

    I  [John  Gille]  was interested in the Dulce area  because  of  rumors 
    related  to a jointly (CIA-Alien)  occupied underground facility  under 
    Mt.   Archuleta,  and to numerous UFO sightings,  as reported by  local 
    residents. 

    A  night  of  observation in the mountains had been planned  under  the 
    leadership of Valdez. 

    Since  about  7:30pm,  we had been playing OUIJA at the instigation  of 
    Valdez.   Just as we were processing the last person,  one of  Valdez's 
    sons shouted: "Look! Here it comes!" 

    (NOTE:   I   [Gille] DO NOT make the statement that there was a  causal 
    correlation between what we had just been doing and what we saw next. I 
    merely  report  two consecutive events which may or may not  have  been 
    correlated.) 


    LOOK OF THE PHENOMENON 

    The  object  came from the south at great speed on a  flat,   straight, 
    rectilinear,   horizontal trajectory resulting in a perfectly  straight 
    luminous  yellowish line.  It was definitely not a plane or a  shooting 
    star. 
    
    There was no sound coming from the object. 

    The object stopped dead in its tracks near the top of the mountain. 

    At the same time, it became extremely luminous,  lighting at least half 
    the sky.  There was a display of various colors: yellow,  pink,  green, 
    and a shower of sparks. 

    Then the object folded on itself and disappeared. 

    ANNEXES 

    Maps: 
    
     New Mexico maps 
     US Geological Survey maps (Wirt Canyon)

    Photos: 
    
     Group photo of witnesses 
     Campsite
     Mt. Archuleta

    The  trajectory  was about 2000  ft.  above the lowest point under  the 
    estimated path of the object, which is the Navajo River, elevation 6600 
    ft. 

    END