Pilot Carl M, and a passenger Jimmie Moran, were aboard a Lear Jet 23 en route from Houston to Las Vegas, at 41,000 feet and 300 knots airspeed on a 300° heading. They saw a red oval luminous object in the ten o'clock position. The object split into four similar red oval objects vertically a number of times, each separated by about 2,000 feet and each emitting a "red ray," then retracting the lowest objects up into the top object.

Albuquerque radar tracked the object 39 miles ahead of the Lear jet moving on the same heading, with no transponder signal and at that moment the object blinked off visually for 30 seconds then blinked on.

Albuquerque control contacted a National Airlines DC-8 over Casa Grande, whose pilot confirmed the Lear pilot's reports. Albuquerque control warned the Lear that the object suddenly darted towards the Lear at high speed within seconds until the radar blips merged (possibly 39 miles in ten seconds or roughly 14,000 mph). The object flooded the Lear with intense red light so bright the pilot had difficulty seeing his instrument panel, and it maintained position in front of the Lear for a few minutes. Then it blinked out and came on again, and started falling back behind the left wing, then pulled forward again. When the object blinked off, radar controllers at Albuquerque would lose the object, then regain it when it blinked on again. Both the UFO and Lear jet made left turns over Winslow, then Los Angeles Center radar picked up both targets. Past Flagstaff the object climbed at a 30° angle, disappearing to the west in under 10 seconds.

One red oval object was observed by over four witnesses and radar for over 29 minutes (Jimmie Moran).

Hynek: A Lear jet flying near Winslow, Arizona reported to the Albuquerque control tower a red light, initially at their ten o'clock position, that flashed on and off and that quadrupled itself in a vertical direction. The Albuquerque radar "painted" just one object whenever the light was on, none when it was off. The light repeated the quadrupling process a number of times, seeming to "retract into itself the lights below the original light"; then as the tower warned the jet that the object was getting closer, it seemed to play a cat-and-mouse game with the jet, involving some rapid accelerations.

After 25 minutes and with terrific acceleration, the object ascended at a 30-degree angle and was gone in fewer than 10 seconds. The Albuquerque radar, according to the Lear jet pilot, tracked the object until the time of its final acceleration and disappearance. The radio conversation involving the Lear jet pilot, Albuquerque tower, and a nearby National Airlines pilot, shows that many such sightings were never reported:

Albuquerque to National Airlines pilot: Do you see anything at your 11 o'clock position?

National Airlines pilot to Albuquerque: We don't see anything.

Albuquerque to National Airlines pilot: Are you sure nothing at your 11 o'clock position?

Albuquerque to National Airlines pilot: Did you hear conversation with Lear jet?

National Airlines pilot to Albuquerque: Yes, we have the object now -- we've been watching it.

Albuquerque to National Airlines pilot: What does object appear to be doing?

National Airlines pilot to Albuquerque: Exactly what Lear jet said.

Albuquerque to National Airlines pilot: Do you want to report a UFO?

National Airlines pilot to Albuquerque: No.

Albuquerque to Lear jet pilot: Do you want to report a UFO?

Lear jet pilot to Albuquerque: No. We don't want to report.

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