NASA VIKING saucer
NASA's flying saucer-like space probe was tested with the U.S. Air Force high altitude balloons in the 1970's, near Roswell Army Air Field.
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Date:
1972
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U.S. Army Air Force
Photos
A selection of most relevant photos related to NASA VIKING saucer.
Brig. General Roger Ramey and Col. Thomas J. DuBose reviewing Roswell debris at Fort Worth Army Air Field
Roswell Daily Record from July 9, 1947 detailing the Roswell UFO incident.
Major Jesse A. Marcel holding foil debris from Roswell, New Mexico, UFO incident, 07/08/1947
200 pound crash test dummies were dropped from high altitude balloons by the U.S. Air Force throughout New Mexico in the 1950's.
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