Bright object observed near the Mexican border at Hermanas, New Mexico (1952)

Project Blue Book Case #1961. On August 24, 1952, a bright object was observed near Hermanas, New Mexico — a ghost-town-like community in the desolate boot heel of the state, just miles from the Mexican border. The terrain is among the most isolated in the continental U.S. — empty desert with virtually no population or air traffic. August 1952 was at the wave's peak. The case was classified "Unknown."