What Happened
At 10 p.m. on December 8, 2014, three soldiers on duty at the entry control point (ECP) of a military training site in New Mexico reported an unusual sighting. They said three lights appeared in sequence, one after another, and arranged themselves in a straight line. The lights were white with a red tint, and the group seemed to be surrounded by a faint “glow or haze.”
The soldiers were in a patrol vehicle, an armored truck equipped with weapons. One was manning the gun, another was riding as a passenger, and the third, who filed the report, was in the driver’s seat. They tried to photograph the sight with a regular camera, but the pictures came out blurry and failed to capture any details. The other two soldiers used night-vision goggles (NVGs), but they too were unable to get a clear record.
The lights were visible for only about 20 seconds and did not move. During that time, an aircraft passed overhead, possibly a military flight connected to a missile test or a surveillance aircraft, and the lights suddenly disappeared. A short distance east of the sighting, an artillery unit was conducting an exercise and firing flares. The soldiers compared the lights to the flares but concluded that their color and behavior did not match.
The account continued when the post’s commanding officer (CO) arrived to investigate. He received a similar account from the soldiers, as well as a report from another crew at the post’s southern command post (CP). The crew was in a different location but had seen the same three lights.
The Military Context
The site where the sighting occurred is an area where many missile tests take place, so air traffic is heavy. The soldiers suggested that their presence and the nearby artillery fire may have attracted the attention of unidentified objects.
Why It’s Interesting
The report describes three lights that remained fixed in place, white with a red tint and surrounded by a faint haze—features that make them difficult to identify as ordinary military flares. The account came from three different soldiers, and the commanding officer received a similar account. But without detailed visual evidence, the event remains unverified.
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Note: The event is documented as the soldiers’ personal testimony, with no video or clear photograph, so it should be treated with caution.
