What happened
About a dozen shiny "saucer-like discs" crossed the town, followed late in the morning by what witnesses called a swarm. One witness told McDonald he saw 20 to 30 disc-shaped objects, including one larger red one. Ruppelt's Blue Book account attributed the sightings to a Skyhook balloon breaking up. McDonald checked Holloman and Office of Naval Research launch records and found no ready balloon explanation. Skeptics note that no photograph was taken.