Bright object observed over Radium Springs during the 1957 wave, New Mexico (1957)

Project Blue Book Case #5227. On November 6, 1957, a bright object was observed near Radium Springs, New Mexico — a tiny community approximately 15 miles north of Las Cruces and within the White Sands Missile Range corridor. November 1957 was the peak of the Sputnik-triggered wave, with Levelland and other dramatic cases making headlines. The case was classified "Unknown."