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Cold Open: This is a declassified document from the National Archives, dated November 1948. The document is titled "1948 11 6387743 10mi EVaugn N M 225" and is available on The Black Vault's website. It's a report from the Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Ohio, regarding a UFO sighting in New Mexico. Provenance: The document was released through The Black Vault, an online archive of declassified government records. The release date and declassification authority are not specified. The Document: Dr. Hynek's evaluations extracted from Project AGL, Astronomical, are as follows: probabilities 728, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 48, 49, 59, 60, 6E 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 116, 119, 147, 148, 158, 174, 184, 18, 187, 197, 203, 219, 233. Be kate or low probabilities HIS, 20, 24, 24, 28, 35, 35, 46, 60, 63, 67, GO, 82, 12, 120, 121, 129, 150, 14%, 163, 165, 166, 167, 1 199, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240. Ye Yon-astrononival but sugsestive of other explanations & Balloons or ordinary airoratts "5, 11, 22, 41, 42,66, $4, 75, 8h, 91, /92,-133,,224,. 245, 226, AS1, 138, 141, 145, 155, 156, y 59, 160, 161, 163, 169, 171, 173, 178, 180, 182, 198, 19 194, 195, 196, 196, 200, 201, 209, 210, 277, 822, 235, streansrs, 181, 189, 214, Hon-astronowloal, with no axplanation evident evidence prsoaludes explanations 72, 86, 87, 88, 90, 160, 2775279, 329i, 9 safe Insident #225 s. noar Vaughn, Kew siontly differ {s ingroLable, however, that 2200 nours and oO: perisents. Context: The Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Ohio, issued a statement regarding the document, stating that it is a report of a UFO sighting in New Mexico, but the statement does not provide further information. Outro: This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. The document, "1948 11 6387743 10mi EVaugn N M 225," is available on The Black Vault's website.

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This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

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Cold Open: This is a declassified document from the National Archives, dated November 1948. The document is titled "1948 11 6387743 10mi EVaugn N M 225" and is available on The Black Vault's website. It's a report from the Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Ohio, regarding a UFO sighting in New Mexico.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was Document From The National Archives about?: Cold Open: This is a declassified document from the National Archives, dated November 1948. The document is titled "1948 11 6387743 10mi EVaugn N M 225" and is available on The Black Vault's website. It's a report from the Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Ohio, regarding a UFO sighting in New Mexico.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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