DOW-UAP-D017, UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950
- Date of account
- 1948
- Location
- New Mexico
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
This file contains 116 pages of documentation from the Armed Forces Special Weapons Program (AFSWP) – the direct, post-World War II successor to the Manhattan Project – and from the U.S. Air Force – relating to a series of sightings and investigations in Sandia, New Mexico, from 1948-1950. This file contains 209 sightings of “green orbs,” “discs,” and “fireballs” reported near the military base. Witnesses reported unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) maneuvering, flying out of sight, disappearing, or exploding. The documents also include the results of contemporary investigations into residual copper powder found in some areas where sightings were reported. A few of these investigations became the basis for Project Grudge, which collected reports of unidentified flying objects from various other military installations – also included in this collection.
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Source text · mention onlyHEt\DQUARTEP..S • DETACHMENT D 1100 TH USAF SPECUL REPORTING GROUP Campbell Mr Force Base Camp Campbell. Kentucky 7 April 1949 ~?>'2.>,, SUBJECT: Security :E:nspection TOt Commanding General \Sandia Base Albuquerque, New Mexico ) ~o lo' Q,0~ ~4 1. Reference is made to secret letter. your headquarters. dated 1 April 1949• Subjects Security Inspection . 2. a. Guard Orders have been amended directing that the elec tric gate be closed between 1700 hours until 0700 hours the following day. b. Looks have repl~ced the bolts in all inspection access gates in the outer fence. c. Inspection ports on both bridges are now pr ovided with locks . d. The final draft of our alert plan has been reviewed and will be published and distributed for study to operating personnel . It is desired to point out that the alert plan is incomplete . !. stockpile custodian has not been assigned here; his part in the alert plan has been outlined only. Furthermore, since the 11th Airborne ' Division is not in place yet, only temporary arra ngements for defense have been made. Final form of the overa ll alert plan will be sub mitted to your headqua rters for approval as soon as conditions will allow. ·1n the interim period. it is felt that the temporary alert plan we have prepared is adequate. A copy of this pl an will be dis patched to your headquarters in the near future. e. !11 jeep radios are now installed in jeeps. r. ~lthough not entirely satisfactory. radio oom.munioation with the Camp Campbell Military Police has been in effect for some- time and was in effect at the time of the Security inspection. .Pe~ manent arrangements for radio communication with Camp Campbell Military Police are de l ayed panding the arriva l of radio frequency crystals that fit the Milit ary Police net frequency. NND 58378 Short Ti tle -~-:L~ -=-~--=----~/_f SHORT TI~ffhBI
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Source text · mention only, ~ ,., ..,,. ' ., ww o . ..2.::pages, copy / - ~ V I . # , series __ ..; 7 April 194.9• SUBJECTs Security Inspection g. Pressure has been exerted to get the Post 'Ehgineers to keep the dra.inage system. clear and to take measures to check the ero sion. These efforts will be continued but lit tle progress on erosion control can be expected until the rains diminish. Ditches have been filled, dirt moved and replaced, native gras ses planted, but the rains return too soon and much of the effort invested is therefore wasted . Plans a.re prepared f or an interim erosin control effort, and a stud;y is being ma.de to estinate the cost of reslopin g the cuts in order that the rainfall mq be drained with less damagin g results. Initial estimates run in the neighborhood of twenty thousand dollars (t20,ooo.oo). 3. With the exception of halting the erosixm, all deficiencies listed in the security inspection report have been cleared away. It is therefore requested that the monthly report of action taken re quired by cited letter be discontinued. /(~4/./?L_ RICHARD TI' KLIN.!!i Lt Col, USAF Commanding NND 58378
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Source text · mention onlySEGRET • HEADQUARTERS SANDIA BASE Albuquerque, New Mexico AFSWP CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS LIBRARY Fl LE NO. 45~. S- SUBJECT: ll'T.-;,J)..o;y ~·o ¥ NND 58378 e:i:
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Source text · mention only10 August 1949 Dr. L1nooln ~ InDtituta of 'Meteoritics University of New Mexico Albuqu.erquo , N. :t:. Doar l.1ncoln : I a::n lnclos1ng two copies or the report you asked tor , fllld hope that they oerve their purpose . \'lo Jiave mado a preliminary ez:eminntion ot tm elghtaon collact1ona token at nine locatione on my, l!onde.:,• 'l'uesday trip . !lbere was a large number of coppor -boar1ng pe.rtiolee on one eolleoti on (ll-104L) taken on Higm1ay 84 , seventeen ·mles north ot E1gl:may 66 1 and aoa.ttered occas • i onal particles throJJ.ghout the series . The collection teken at tho Blt"lle location imcodi ately' following R- l04L eho'\YD practically no copper. A 1orge l)art of the n - 104L is of a granular mnterial untamiliar to us , and , the copper indioat1ona ori,:.inate principa l ly 1n l'lhat are e.pparontl'1 aggregations of finely (ona .. meron) granular mater ial of overall sizes in tho neighborhood of thirty microns . Some cop_per _part! ,lea, hor. - ever , appear to be solid nnd o,Paque . The passage of t-, automobiles while this oollection uas being made is a complicating fe.ctor . It is hard to aee how they mieht he.Ta been a eourco ot coppor , ho,raver , unlean it nao a question of stirring up aoI!lo :trom dust on the -pavement. We intend to do some :1"urther chemi.eal work Tii th theee colloctions , but I doubt if muoh nen relevant information 11111 be obtained . Hy tentative conclusion is that no ~idcspread significant dispersion or copper - bea't'ine; particles ,vas present in tbe atmoaphere in the rc"ion covere.:1 at the timo the eollcct1ons wore made. l,o det1ni ta statel':lcnt is possible about the one heavy copper collention: it should be prosumod to be of local origin until come evidonee to the contrary ic 'found . ~e route at tho collocting trip included Paatura , Santa noaa. , junc tion of Routes 66 and 84 , ond Las ·Ve.:;aa on J!ondey af'ternoon . On Tuosdey morning it included. Las Ve3as , Canonr,1to , Glorieto. end ecos . Yours vory truly , mx,~ o.ttaobments (2) NND 58378
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Source text · mention onlyM - ' R/D- tw 8-10-49 AN AT'l!EMP? 'ro coU.roT AnBCP.NE PAU'ICLES A'3SOOIA'l'ED fJI'l'iJ THE FIREBALL OF JULY 24 1 1949 By • n . Oroztor and Ben x. Seely HBTHOD A 'fireball was raportad to have pasaod ovor the general noighborhood of Socorro, Uew Uexi.00 1 at 8:26 p.m. 1 J'uly 241 1949. Impaotment equipment , develop9d in conn eat ion 1a th the sarosol research pro Ject ot the New Mex1 co Schoo l of !lines, was available, and it was decided to make systematic collections ot airborne me.ter - iel. in the hope ot obta1nill8 material that could be associated .-1th the t1reball . For the present report it is suftio1ent to state that the equipnant processed air at the rate ot about J4 11 tera per minute , the particles bein g separated f'rom the air by -impactment against en adhesi'f9-coate~ plate in an air jet. Appro:d!natel.y ninety per cent of airborne particlee with dianeters greater than one micron are collected . Tho adheeive used. on the collecting plates (mcroscope slides) waa a glycerin gelatin tlixture w1th an a.dd1tion or rubeanic aeid (dithiooxamide . ) 'l'lus reagent was used to enable identifioation of copper or copper compounds; it also enabl es identification of nickel and cobalt . After ?C:lking the eollaotions , the slides were covered with e. Saran til::l, after which thoy were exposed to strong aomonia vapor for r1:tteon Jninutes to effect partial ao lution or any copp_er or copper oxide parti el.Gs. R ESULT S '?he first oolleotion was made at 10:00 a . m., .ruly 25, about thirteen and one- he.lf houra after the fireball was seen . The air wan te.lcen about twelve teet above ground lovel, on t he Ol!!'.IJ>UO ar the School ot Uines . Tho first run was i'or three min- , utes , ll['COosaing cbout 102 liters of air . Sevoro.l large particles wero :round in it that gave J)ositiva co pe.r teats. In at least ono or these the cop per reaction was aeen petore t he cn::mx>ni c tro~ont , indicating the presence 9f at least a trace of a aoluble copper co~pound . The sizes of particles aoon in tho first oollections ranged up to over one hundred microns in the largest dimension: the largest particles gave tho impression o~ bein.g f'r8gl:lents or a so:i:ievm.at f'ibrous material, lli th the smaller ~~ NND 58378
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Source text · mention onlyPage 2 dbension oi" ,the o-rder o~ twnty or thirty .:nicrono . There were no Br:lall partielee , that 1e, no particles 11'1th n iruuiml1!11 di?DeXUiion below 15 microns . , J'ollmring tho :f'lrat colleotion, ,additional oolleotions 1f8re nade , tindor aimi• 1ar conditions. over a period of elght daya . The aooco.pann,ng table su:n:iarisea the colld1 t1ons and copper counts ror all tbese collections , including tho first ono described above. nU!!lbor of the ru.ru, wero tor periods lor.,;or tfum three minutes , but °'he oouhts have , 1n 'tbeee cases , been reduced to the threo-:nnuta equivalent . Olio eolleetion showing oevora.l large copper indications , tekon J"u~ 25, ia omm:1ttnd fron the to.blo because it was damaged in courae ot a teai for radioaotivity by exx,osure of a nmlear track plate (vrith negative reoultn) end a det"inita count oOllld not be made . The counts are exhibited in tbreo size claeRiflcations, end attention is directed to tlie :ta.at that particles in the smallest s!ze croup (l to l5 microns) e::-e practically absent trom the early oollectlona, mil& in the later collectiow, , particles 1n the largest (.30 mioron.o) 8Ii.d middle (15 to 30 microna} groups have become cp;i te esoarce . At the same tine, the counto have beccte quite large in tile :.s:ncllest aizo group . SIONIFICA~CE OF RESULTS If 1 t were possible to SflY that partic les giving a copper test are generally very rare in eollectione near groimd leTel in this locaJ.lty , the above facts t'.Ould bo highly s!gni1'1cant. It l1appens , however , that collections have been :-:,ode at Socorro over only- a short period , and not .muoh e.tten1i1on has been given to !denti fica.tion ot copper coJ:lJ)ounds. ::aowever, after the copper indieetions had been round in the present sories of: collectio•,s, some collections were round on file that hod been made on plain glycertn - 3aui.tin on july .1,, 1949 . -These r.are oovered ,nth the Sarun fi-lm and rubeanic eoid C!Jld an::.on1a were appliod by d1 tfusion through tho ·ttlm . A few copper indications were found, al!nost all the i:e.rtioles being in the 30 micron size group . Some other co11ection.s were made early 1n ~uly tbo.t will be e::lt8!ninod tor· 'lopper when they are treed !"roe other tests . lil add1 t1on, oce~ional colloot1ons will be examined. tor copper in the futll!'e , and 1t may be possible eventually to add so:neth1ng to tho information now presented . COllCLUSION6 REGARDING COPPER In view Qt the above fa.eta , it i,eem:, very hazardous to draw any: definite con clusion associating ~he coppe~- bearioo perticlos collected with the fireball or 1uly 24. Th.are a till is, hwoTer , a residuum or poasitdlity ot such associations men 1 t is conoidored th c.t partic!.ss ot 1hc smallest s1 ze group did not appear in largo numbera until some 35 hours at'ter the po.esege of tl;le fireball . NND 58378
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Source text · mention only~ ,,.~ ;..=- - • tk-a~~ '?ABLB...,.. __ --- CountG of Copr,er Partieloa ill Colleetiotu, at Socorro During Per1o4 lul.:y 25 to August l , 1949 f ' - (Roduced ~o Particlen per 102 J.itera of' Air) Comr Counts ind* l • 15 15 • .30 30' Collec . Timo Elapsed Direction M1c1·on YJ.cron .U.cron.s Date Hour time knots Range Range 7- 25 10 m.. 13. 5 NN\i • 9 l 4 l..13.s 0 2 2 - 7- 25 2 Rf 17. 5 , '1 4 l. l .. .. '1 , l 0 0 ' 7-26 8~ 35. 5 tn 8 0 0- 9 lit ft) 00"' "' lit 'It "' 0 2 2 7- 26 2 I'}.{ 41. 5 ~-20- -::> 0' • - 7 18 1 0lit"' "1t 'ft <-22 --> 0" 7- 27 7:.30 '11. 0 Im • 8 l 0 0 '7- 27 1:3() PU 77. 0 NR • 6 23 0 0 .. <ft "' 8 0 0 7-P,8 7:30 AM 95.0 r,m, -3 0 l 0.. .,. 0• <'-28-.> '1-29 7:30 ~ 119. 0 s -7 4 0 0 7- 29 4, .,/1,: 127.t> ESR -10 (f---28--> l • • 15 0 0" 7-30 10 14:5. 5 SE - 4 2 0 0 "' .. • 8.3 l l 'l• Jl 10 Rl l.69 . 5 SSE • 5 4 0 0 lOf.,JU • + • 3 0 0 10+ A4 2 0 0- ♦ "' 8-1 9: 30 ! 19,3. 0 N - 6 17 0 0 • • .. 6 0 0 "surt'ace ind recorded by eather Station o.t time nearast collection time . NND 58378
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Source text · mention only.. .. Attention is called particularly to the l arao !lumber ot small particles in one at the 145-l/2-ho-.ir collootione . The actual nl.I!lber in the colle'ltion was 140 , tor the r ive-oinute run. l.!ost of these l'lere in the size range of' tTJO to f1 ve microns • and the principal difficulty in assoctattnc them 111 th the fireball is that a five micron par\1cle cannot tall J!lUOh more tho.n l0 ,000 foot in 145. 5 hom-s . These part1- olea could have ccr:ie down from a greater height only it' sol:!& downward motion hfld tc.k:en place in port of the a1r 1nvolvet . It should be oant ioned. that collections were t aken during t be at'ternoon of Ju13' 27 , at several pointa eouth end east ot Socorro , tbs fartb.eot being near Binche:a . These oolleotions ocntainod pcrtiole~ giving copper indic ations , the :particles being i n tho •a;?¥!) range ot sizes as those collected in Socorro at about the &a.":le ti'C'.b. It is perhaps noteworthy that the cop_per- boari ng partic les 1n all these collec tlona were of opaque material . I.oat ot the co:;,per minerals tbat h uve previously- come to our attention 1n collection• rrom the air have been oolored material , blue , green , red , or yellow . C OBALT AND NICKEL TESTS In the 2 t00 J.l• coll~ct i on of J"ul.y 26 , three qui te re:::iarkable particles were found that save very strong coba1t indications . The particles were apparently por :reot spheres (at l east thoy were pori'eetly circul.ar in cross section), twelve mic ro!ls in diameter . The reaction with rube anie e.eid , after at!nOnia trentmant , pi•o dueed a dense yellow-ten halo, eixty microns 1n diameter . The color v.ao not quite so clear es with pure cobalt: the e.ppearance sU;;gestin.g e. high-cobalt com,vosition with so~ metal. prosont . Such particles are quite uniqne i n the axporionce or the present . , It' these particles wore of mete oritic orictn they cw ld, in tho absence of verticul oir IJOV«llSnt , have f'al:len a d1stO!loo of the oi·der ot 20, 000 feet 1n an i nterval or 41. 5 houra . Two particlse giT1ns nickel indication.swore round . ~a is quite nomvl , llo , ever . It anything, the number is smaller than x::ight have been expected in material of aurt'aoe ori<;in . The collections ware not given acid treatnent: additional nickel indieations might h &Te been 'i'ound it t his had been done . A oUOGEB TION hile the r&aul.ta o!' the present investiga:Uou ahould be recarded as negatt-vo or , inoonolusive , it i s desired to call attention to the faet that a coan.s ia at hand that obould r..al:a .PQAsiblo a definite demonetration of tho presen ce or absonoe ot cop per :partic l es asaod.ated with events or the July 24th type . rartlo l.e collectlon equipment , operati ng on the s .:mie principle as that used in the i:resont inTestigat1on , and der;igned tor airple::ie installation , is on hand and 1te suco&esful operation has been dooonstrated in numeroll s sli gh:ta . Provision NND 58378
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Source text · mention only...... ..,,,,,, t .. could easily be made ror quickly nountins this equi~ent in an airplane cap&ble ot o.s~enaing above the 40 ,000- toot l evsl, wllieh couli teke otr soon otter an event ot the J'uly 24th kind, and fly a pattern that would inelud o n itl:. reasonable certainty sO"C!e or the nateriol originating at the nete or u-ajectory . A g_uiek approximate deteroination of the tTejeetory wo11ld be required , of course , Wld 1f winds aloft wore or considerable strength 1 t muld b& nocaseary to make due allowance tor ttlc:t:1 1n planning the :flie}lt . UOT ADDED <l-l AWUS1' 10 1 1949 : Ao this report ,1aa being 1'1n1shea, an ntte:ipt naa :oade c.t on. airplane oollection 1'ollOm.ng the event o~ uzust 6 . The oolloetins eguiPmQnt ,1as installod in a B- 25 from Kirtland Field nnd on the o.f'to:::-noon or .~ugust 8 , a flight wao ,u1e l!.«lich a was hoped m18ht intercept somo of the meteor itic material . An Interval or 41 hours had pussed before the take-oft , and the :ma:dnu.n alt1• tudo roached waa 2.3,000 i"eet . A rough attenpt was :!lade to include air tho.t wae under the trajoctory, but distanl'}eo or sevoral hundred miles nore involved . A few oopI,>o:..~ ind:!cations were obtained, but they seemed definitely to be associated mth material of surface oricin. l,o nickel or cobalt indications were ~ound. AD. 0lcJ1or ate stud.7 , which m.tq require more upper air data than ls available , should be oude before 1 t is decided metber or not the t'lieht di a aotue. 1ly include air that 8hould have borne FOrticles trcm tho etoor trajectory . NND 58378
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Source text · mention only• ' e Au,..i:rust 17, 1949 '1'0: Colone l Doyle Rees FROU: Lincoln 1ePas SUDJ"EnTs Momaloua J.uminous Phenomona. Sixth Report {attempts to colleci volatili sation woduots trom ~en fireballs) (1) In an earlier repori it has boen pointed out ihat in spite ot eir SDd ground searoha 1n early February elong tlle nll detem.1nad earth-trace ot the green nreball ot 1949, ianue.ry 30th no :tregmenta of this ti:roball were recovered . 'l'here re::iatnod the _poso1t1li ty "that tbia fireball had been so ooopletely Tolatilizod during tl1sht that oaly tine dnat !'ram it filtered down thru the atmosph&re. S1noe, fo::- several reasons, 1t eeerced ~ore probable that a uoh dust would consist chiefly or copper or a copper alloy rattier than ot the ferro- • magnetic aubstanoes found for ordintn-7 metoorites . the oethodo habitually enployed by metoori tic1ots fo1" the c olleetion at •come duat• ( separation ot the dust trom the air by uBO or eleetroI:Ja.Gllets or permanent magnets) muld not be appropri ate tor use in conj]_eet ion with tho s;reon i'ireballo . It was there.tore decided to cn11nt th~ aid ot Dr . illiwn Orozier , \-d':l.o waa knownto 1'.ave developed a novel 1mpactu~.•.; duat collector f'or UDe o_n the ABrosol Projoct or tho li'ew l!enoo School of' l!ines . (Tho 'Wr1ter hed bean elo.:sely aasooiated, in 1943-44 , with Dr. Orosier at Km1 JJenco Proving Grounds mile .orking on saboted. and prorlm11;y fuoed shells and kne\7 ·that ho hrsi aat1sf'e.ctory clearance .) Dr. OrozJ.er not onJ.y agreed to partio 1- pnte in a cround - 1.ovel search ~or dust pos~lbly put doun by the f'irebe.ll of' ~an- uary ,30th, but mede the valuablll sugeeation that dust oollect1oll.6 be made on plene flights routod bti.ek and rorth at high altitudes through the air benoath green t'1reball paths as soon as possible after t"ireball tall. ln this manner eonta:ni- nation ot ttle aust colleetioll8 by tar1·eatr1al particles '10Uld be reduced to a minimum . No ir:mediate application Wat:J made ot Dr. Orozter• o dust collection teohniquee • in pa1-t because ot th a m-1ter' a re11urn to fUll ttme ncade.!.11.c work at the m~ on Febru,47 8~h and in ;part baoause o~ Dr. Crozier's other ;rooec.rch e.cti'Vities and the interrUJ.)tion11 in Reoearch and Deve lop:iont D1v1B1on work i.nei- dent to the A.E. O. 'a tek1n s o'Ter the ilbuqunque quarters or the Division . (2) When it m,.s determ.i?l9d th.at the green 11reball of J\lly 24.tll liod descended 1n. the im»diate vicinity o~ Soco:L"ro, it was decided to ask Dr. Cro--'1er to attempt colleotio:ns even though he and bis start were then eneaeod in tbe tinal stages ot mov1na from Albuquerque to their new quarters on the Campus ot the New 1-l&xieo School of 1!1.nes, A long distance ¢all to Dr, Orozier on J'uly 26th brough.t the weleorna news that be he.d been alerted by an appeal for observations issued by the Insti tu~ of !!otaorittos on tho evening at July 2,th end ha.d al.rood7 made du3t collections on the campus at Socorr o on the morning ot J'tily 25. These collectiono , to Dr. Crosier's en.dent surprise, nre found to oontcin not only the tlrst coppe~ particles he hod 'found.in air duet col1-eot1ono bu't these I>~ticles were or unusuallt large ai!Be - up to lOO microns in maximum dimeneiorut. On roceipt or this exciting tn:to:ro.ation , a party 11u 61apatched t"ram 17th Diotrict o. ~.I . Bdq_e. to confer with Dr. Crozier ond to~makc e field search tor the i'irobcll ot :Tu.ly 24.tb . This part~ conBisted at Uajor Charles L. Phillipa (courteously ma.de avaiJ.able tor 'the trip by Colon.el Harold ~ Gunn, C.o. ot Kirtland Field) Hr. })aul Tatt of the li. S. ,eather Bureau in Albuquerque , S/A la.ck .Bolino nnd the underaigued. A conterenoe rtth Dr . Crozier end er. &,n Seely ma held on the School of w.nee cam;pua in Socorro bet\lOon NND 58378
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Source text · mention only10:00 - 12:00 A. J.1. on .Tul.y 26th . At this eonterenoe it beceme ep:parent that Dr. Crozier wao 1noll ned to attribute the unuauall7 large copper fragcenta collected on .Tuly 25 at 10,00 A..l!. (-.bich because ot their size could not h&vo been blown "fer, tar by aurtace 111.nds•) to particles blO\l'D. off the root or out ot the a uttere ot t he Aseaying Building on the Campus. In answer to e. queation from the writer , Dr . Crozier replie d that he would oone1der this pose1b1llty ruled out it copper pm-tioles ob.owed up in colloctiono cade in t.he open oouum at considerable distance• trCX!l the Campus. It wao tharotoro recom?;.ended th~ such oolleotions be made @d Dr. Crosier and t•.r. Seely rigged up a atonge battery combination and B!llall D.O. J!!.Otor driven 1DlJ)aotmont collector- 11h1ch were loaded into the o.s.t. etat't car and driven out through San Antonio , Carthage , and B1ngbom, No •enco (this route passing , in ~ . Taf't ' o opinion , throueh the region where pnrti~les tran tile tireball ot 1ul7 24th woo ld most probably have been oarr1ed by the Tery light win.do provatli ns in the region ainee the ino1- dent .) Four ot tho collections mode on th io trip W81"$ examined on tho eveniDg ot 1u.l.)- 26th by • Ben Seely an4 all were found to contain copper particles 1nd1stineu1chable trom :those colleotod. in Socorro at about the omne time . - (3) Pull detail.a on the mathod.e ot collection enployod by D:t-, Crozier end Mr. Seel.T and on lata:r examinations of ~e dust l)Eµ'ticles collected af'ter the graen tueballs or both J'ul.7 24th Cl1.4 August 6th are given 1n Dr, Crozier •• i-aport (R/D - tw, 8-10-49) copie11 of whieh are hereto appended. Dr; Crozier ' s tenta\1 ve oonolusion trar:i study' ot the collections mal.e, not only in eonneotion with the incident o~ .July 24th , but also that o't Aucuat &tb, ts that •the reBUlte ot the prosont inveot1gaUon should be regarded as negative or inconclusive ,• From anelys1a or hie r~ort (R/D - tw • 8- 10-49) end trom. several phone conYer satlona with Dr. Crozier , it io th e writer• belief' that Dr. Crozier was led to the abow conolwsion by the tollowing taote listed below 1n docreaelng arder or iq,ortance , md aooa:;ipanied by er! tioel OODn8ntat ' (.3.1) 'l'he d1scoverz by tests t:iade on or about kpt l of ., a few oo r indications~ 1n dust collected at Socorro on J 14 l.949 i . e. ten dgre betore the men fireball 1nc1den, ot J'uly 24th. Dr. Croz er baa 1n1"omed the writer that tbs oolleotion ot July 14th wns ·care:t'lllly wrapped up end could not have becom conte?!linated by copped dWlt '1h1oh blew 1n through the open win dows ot the n .D. &J>. Building at Socorro attar the 1no1dent ot July 24th . I!o'7- tner , ther e remains the poss1b111 ty- that an 'Qllol:eerved or unrep orted green t ire- ball occurring in the Sooorro neighborhood ehortly before 1uly 14th put down the copper dust round 1n t.be July 14th colleottaa . To one tccn1l1ar with tb.c al.!nost uninhabited country, around Soeorro md t.he tact that green tireballe aa bright as the halt mon occurring at timea as favorable tor observation u '1 :)) - 8:30 P .u . have gone alriost unreported , 1t aecms quite likely that a green :t"ireball that tell arter midnight or during the daytime or while most or the s1.7 was overcast tli s bt go entirely unroported.) (:3.?.) The d1aore ane between the co.!!ll>uted an! observed rates of J.escent ot .er,· tine copper particles . A.9 Dr. Crozier notes , such d!screpon c1e• are Wl.deratandable •it eome dor.nward motion had taken place in part of the air involved.• Preo1sely wch dovm":18.rd tl.Otion oocurred in tha air near tho real paths ot the f'lreballs of 1uly 24th and 111-rost Gtb tor ttleoa to.Us were nenrly Tertioal. ll'urtbonloro tho best obaervatiOllB ot tho endpoints of these tireballa ple.ee 1hat ~ .T'117 :?4th at a bight ot ltl- l2 miles and that ot A!Jeust 6th at 5-6 milsB . 'l'he downward directed bill1st1o head wave therefore coald Yery easily have carried Dr. Orozier'a 145 hour particloe to m thin 10 ,000 teat of the earth at NND 58378
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Source text · mention only.. b IJ • the time of fall . Sinea we cannot assume co mplete stagnation ot the air rnu,ees 1n the Sooor1"o nei Bhborhood tor 145 hours . it must be supposed that such air motions aa occurred were approximately compeuating and resulted in the return ot Dr. Crozi er' s tiny •r1ve -.:u.cron particles" to the Socorro neighborhood in a.p_pro:d.mo.tely 145 hrurs . Only a detailed otudy ot air .ll!4SS c.otiol!a ror the time interval i~lTod can settle this point . ) (.3•.3) The lo continued Q: ea.ranee of co r particles (however • -as Dr. Crozier emphasizea, S'::l8ller end smaller 1n size . 1n the Sotjorro collection.s . (Preoisely sueh a decrease 1n particle size hao repeatedly been observed in connection w1th duat oolleotions believed to be ot metoori tic or.lg i n and is attr i b- ~ uted to the slower e.nd slower rate ot descent of the particles as their averag e Bize decreases. Thuo, L. Rudaux's ros'Qlta strongly indicate 'that particles :from the • 01aoob1nid shower ot 1933, Oltober 9, filtered down in anallor md Sll18.ller sizes tar 100 hours or more . Fm-ther.m.ore , tor the green fireballs ot J'Uly 24th and August 6th , U,.o nearly ver:t1eal real paths extended from alt111udtts of lDO mile& or more down almost to ground level an4 therofore optimum conditions for long continued intall of duet particles wre approached in these fallo . ) • (3. 4) !'allure or the airplane collection ot August 8th to detect ~ bor ne co ner rticles def1n1tel not ot terrestrial or1~1n . (How&Ter, the airplane eolleotiona vero all made at great distanoee hundreds of ailea) rrom the Vaughn region in -r.-hir.h tho fireball of Auzust 6th i"ell; and , ea Dr. Crozier points out , at the mo:.nent 1t can not be determined "whether or not tho :tlight d1d aotuall,7 include air that should have borne partialee .f'ro:n rmteor tre.jei:,tory . w In this connection the results a1luded to in para.:,"'!'aph 4 , belcnT• may be or considerab l e aigniticonce.) (4) At the ttmo the airplane eolleotion of :uguet &th was plamied the writer reoamnended not only tha.t the t'l1ght traverse the area fram Vaughn nort hward to Raton and · then NW- ward into the Durango , Colorado re~ion (a reconimandation based on advice received trom l!r . Po.ul Taft of tbO u.u. eathor Buroan) but aleo tb.a~ .s1mu1taneoualy a ground search 1th the portable i npaotmcnt dust collectin,z oq_u1p ment rigged up on J"uly 27th be run i'roa Va\l8hll through Future. to Santa Rosa . Tlle latter po.rt or thin reoomre~mdation was rollowed by Dr. Crozier l'Zho reported on the results obtained in hia letter to me under date or August 10 . copieo ot which are hereto attached . Dr. Crosier ' s letter makes clear that ground collec tions in the subt1nal regions or tho fireballs of both ~st 6th ond J\lly 24th resulted in the dotootion or unu.eual. aggre gations otcoppor particles , .lppe.rently the copper IX1rticle aggregate o'btai.ne4 in collectioA R - l04L, m.thin the subtinal resion ot the August 6th tall was the only such a~egate rou:id in Dr. Crozier ' s lenghty ground search or quet S-9 . 111 aeema :particularly oi('Uificant to th& writer tbat Dr. Crozier auapoets that tho copper dust :round 1n this particular eolleot1ou R- 1Q4L ntsy have been stirred up troa tbe pavemnt on Illgln'lq 84 --- a likely oatol:dent airfaca for dust put down by tbe green f.'lreball of. August 6th , in view or the information giYen me by Ur. T8:f't in regard to tba wind direction pre•aillng dtn"ing the hours !mediately following t llie incident. (5)8 In apito or the critical ac:mnenta m.ede in porezraphs 3 mid 4 above , the writer hes no quarrel with Dr. Crozier •• oonclu.aion that the resulta ao far obtained in the investigation of volatilization product~ possible put down by the green 1."1.roball.e are negative or at best 1neonolU81ve . ,However, I do wiah to stress noat emphatically that 1:r :tuture more detailed ,,ork shon that the nuzcer oue copper part1oles tound by nr. Crozier and Mr. Seely .!I!!. indud floating don ~ NND 58378
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Source text · mention only. • • ... ..... ~ .. • ~ t'rom green fl.reballis, then the fireballs are not conventional .tSteorites . Col)l)er is one or tbs rarosl or the elements tount\ 1n.nie'teor1 tea (See G.P . Uerrill • Memoirs National Aoade:my o~ Science 1 vol. 14 (1925) • Table f aci ~ P• 27; and Harr1aon Brown, Journal ot Geology , vol. 66 (March 1948 , ) 'l'able 1 , p . 8'1. ) In :taot , I know or no case 1n Which el'en the t1riieet particle o:r co;pper hes been reported in a dust collection eup:poeedly ot i:,eteoriti c or1;;1n . In view ot present oonoorn in regard to tbe true nature o~ the green :t 1reballs , nothing could exceed in i t1port0Me attailll:llent ot a. definite cor..-iluston in regm-d to the origin o:t tl:le 0OJ'per particl&s detected in the eub:tinal regions of the firobulls or July 24th and .(i.ugust 6th. . . (6) The writer therefor e wishes to make the :rollow1ng reco11:1?1endationa, (6. 1) That e.rraneements be made tor dust collections on airplane 'flights at altitudes or 40 , 000 tt. or oore through ~he regton ot the atcloaphera lying beneath the real puthil ot green fireballs as soon as possible after the occurrence ot s~h fireball 1nc1denta . Such arrangements preeupposo a wll coordinated observi ng network pertlitt1ng t:te epeed1eet possible determination ot the looation or the real pathl"I in the atnosphere . (Dr . Crozier and Mr. $eely have both agreed to cooperate in carrying out dust colleotion at the htghest altitudes attainabla . In Dr . Crozier ' s opinion , a B- 36 or 50 should be made available tar such work . ) (6. 2) 5:!lat crOUJ1d- level dust oollect1ons be made along tho well deter mined earth - traee or the green fireball of 1anuary 30th , using the portable impaet .ment equiptBnt al.reo.dy rigged up by nr . Crozier and ur. Seely and used in the e;round searches ot J'uly 27th and ~ust 8• 9th. I:r copper particles can be recovered along this carth ..tro.ee but do no, appear in colleotions made 50 miles or eo et1ey trm the trace , the z,eaul t -=,ul.d be ot much signiticmoe if not indeed deeisi vo. NND 58378
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Source text · mention onlyJ ~ fit J },· HEADQUARTERS. SANDIA BASE ' 1 ' ALBUQUERQUE. NEW !'?.~{98 1 \.,.. (1 0 I Tl·H.., OF 'f / r SBOP/4 3 3 3, I L- NO, ---1--- REFER TO FILE NO. SUBJECT: Board to Inspect Special u1eapons Facilities at Strategic Air Command Stations TO: Commanding General Strategic Air Comm.and Offutt Air Force Base Omaha, Nebraska 1 . Reference is made to Top Secret letter, your Headquarters, subject: • "Speci al Weapons Training Facilities at Stra t egic Air Command Sta tions," dated 29 November 1949, Short Title: B- 3000, which proposed an inspection tour of Strategic Air Command stations to determine adequacy of station plans for Special Weapons training facilities and recommend a priority and time schedule for Special Weapons Unit assignment to Strategic Air Command stations . 2 . This Headquarters concurs in the basic objectives of the proposed board and its general plan of action . Capt . Barnes wil l represent the Plans and Operations Division of this Headquarters and Lt . Col. Olson , Commanding Officer of the 515th Aviation Squadron, will represent the 8460th Special Weapons Group . I t is not possible at this time to comply with your suggestion that the 8460th Special Weapons Group be represented by the Commanding Officer of the Special Weapons Unit scheduled for assignment to the station being inspected . 3. It is recommended that the work of this board be supplemented by a similar board , to visit the sta tion con- cerned about thirty (30) days prior to movement of a Special Weapons Unit to th a t station . This second board could then verify the rate of progress of facilities preparation and the adequacy of the pl ans at that time , and solve many of the administrative problems inherent in the transfer of \ \ ,e ' NND 58378 v
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Source text · mention only• THIS DOCUME NT CC' ,s,srs OF ___'3-::_PAG F S' COPIES, SERIES /c;:_ NO.----- t ___O (' Subj: Boar d to I nspect Special Weapons Facilities at Strategic Air Command Stations any unit to another command and station . It is suggested that this second board be empowered to recommend readjust ment of movement schedule as circumstances ind i cate . FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER : D. H. G1'l.NN .._ LCDR USft Executive Otti,.,.., Di str ibution: la&2a - a~dressee 2 NND 58378
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Source text · mention only• I I B/L :from Sandia Base to SAC, dtd 5 Dec 49, subj : "Board to Inspect Special Weapons Facilities at SAC Stations SAC 353 (5 Dec 49) 1st Ind D02C HEADQ,UARTERS STRATEGIC AIR COJ:lM.AND, Offutt Air Force Base, OIIY:lha, Nebraska I 9 LJ EC 49 TO: Commanding General , Sandia Base , Post Office Box 5100 , Albuquerque , New i~exico 1 . This headquarters concurs, in general, with basic communica tion . 2 . Reference paragraphs l and 2 , basic communication, inspection board has completed inspections . 3 . Reference para graph 3, basic communication , this headquarters is directing the Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces to designate personnel from units concerned to inspect aviation squadron facilities immediately upon receipt o:f notification from this hea dquarters . Notification will be in the form of an information copy of Strategic Air Command request for movement of aviation squadrons . Your headquarters will recei v:e a copy of subject requests. Inspection will be completed no later than. fifteen (15} days after recei pt of notification. Your command will be requested to furnish personnel for inspection teams . FOR THE COl\'.iMANDING GENERAL: 1 Incl Cy of ltr fm SAC to 8 & 15 AF 4. B. MONTGOMERY Brlgadhr General. USU' D1reotor ot Operatlona NND 58378 5pt1f?-tJ-.JtlIZ ~H.OR.1 T1l
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Source text · mention only.... ~ - ). ' ('1 l-lEADQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR COMMANb .. DO'-'...O OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE It ti~~~~:J. , ..... OMAHA, MEBRASICA --· 'Sti"BJECT: tnapoction oi" VQC1al eapon:, Faoi11t1oa at St1:ategio .Ur Co::mtmd Sto.ttono ~'O: Coill.m.natng-Goneral Fifteenth Air Forco t!at'ch Mr orce D.!leo Cal1torn.1a l. Your attention ia 1nvi tod to the inclo"Bod basic cozrllllunlcet1on ,,__ nnd first ixtdnl'&e ent tberoto . itt is requestod toot your hea.dquerters designato porsonnol to inopoot aviation aquadron taoilities of iour comm~d iomediately upon recoipt or noti~i.;::.tion fi'Om this 'heado.uarters . rotitication will 'bo in tbe form efaii in.for. tion copy of "'tra.to,zi~ • ..1:l.r Oonun:md roquost for move: ont or aviation oquuclro.rw . Inspootion ie to bo col?ipletod not lo.tor t'l)an f11'toan ( 15) de:ro aftor tecf)1.,Pt ot notiticatior • .... 111 : • .'urn1oh ;reprose:ltativc l)orsonnol tor illllpoctiona . upon your request . '2 . 'Upon coeploli10n 01· inspootlona , any di6<:,repancics noted \,ill bo ~o~ded to ~hio hoadgunrtera tocottlor Ii.th any roeoOMonlint1ons that 10uld fac111-tutc t'ronsi'er ot -subject squadrons to tll.1e comrond . 3 . Direct co~Ullication ~1th- Sandia Do.so is c.utho1·izc;l tor tho pur,POoo or coo1·ainatins tbi-s rnttor . itt CO:!lWID OF llll!O'l' UNT GmERAL LeMAY: 2 tnele l . b/l i'roI!l :..andiu to 6/..0 2 . :l-et :Ind :t.'-ro,.:s AO to Sa.n6ia NND 58378
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Source text · mention onlyI ., DEPARTMENT Of" THE AIR f"ORCE .. HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON T H E: I N ■ PCCTOR QIENE A:A\. UaAr 1 7TH D I STRICT Of'F I C E OF S PEC I A L I N VEST IOAT IO NS K I N:TL. N O AIR ,.O R CI: II A ■ lt, N&W M &>llCO DR/ms File llo : (24- 8)-2 8 25 I.iay 1950 SUBJECT: Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area, December 1948 - Uay 1950 TO: Brigadie r General Joseph F . Carroll Director of Special" Invest .i gations Headquarters USAF Washington 25 , D. c. 1. In a liaison meeting with other military and government intel ligence and investigative agencies in December 1948 , it was determined that the frequency of unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Mexico area was such that an or ganized plan of r eportin g t hese observations should be undertaken . The organization and physical locatio n of units of t his Dis trict were mo~t suitable for collectin g these data , t here f ore , since December 1948 , this Distriet has assumed the responsibility for collect ing and r eporting basic information with respect to aerial phenomena occurring in this general area . These r eports have been distributed to the Air Materiel Connnand, USAF , in accor dance with Air Intelligence Requirements No . 4, and to other intereste d military and government agencies . 2. The r e is attached . as a part of this summary, a compilation of aerial phenomena sightings that have occurr ed mostly in the New Mexico area and have been reported by this District Office subsequent to December 1948 . This compilation of sightings is not a complete r ecord of all reported observations, but includes only those in which sufficient information was available to justify their inclusion . The observers of these phenomena include scientists , Special Agents of the ·Office of Special Investigations (IG) USAF , air line pilots , military pi lots , L:ls Alamos Security Inspectors , military personn e l . and many other persons of various occupations whose relia bility is not questioned . This com pilat i on sets forth the most importan t charact eristics with r espect to each observation and evaluates each sightin g into one of thr ee classifi cations , (1) green fireba ll phenomenon , (2) disc or vari ation, and (3) probably meteor ic . 3. There is a lso attache d an anal y sis of the g reen fireb a ll occurrences in this area made by Dr . Lin coln IaPaz . Dr . La.Paz is the NW 91526 EO~JFIDE~JTli\L
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Source text · mention only• . . . .. eor~FtDEr <rftAtl • File No: (24- 8) - 28 Subj : Stnnmary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in 25 May 1950the New Mexico Ar ea , December 1948 - May 1950 Dir ector of the Institute of Meteoritics and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico . He was Re search Mathematician at the New Mexico Proving Grounds under ah OSRD appointment in 1943 and 1944 , and Technical Dir ector of the Opera·cion s · Analysis Section, Headqua r ters, Second Air Force , 1944 - 45. Since 1948 , Dr . LaPaz has served on a voluntary basis as consultant for this Dis trict in connection with the green fireball investigations . 4·• On 17 February 1949 and again on 14 October 1949 , confer ences wer e held at Los Alamos, New ~iexico , for the purpose of discussing the green fir ebal l phenomena . Representatives of the following organizations were present · at these meetings : Fourth Arrrr:1 , Armed Forces Special ',1feo. pons Project , University of New Mexico , Federal Bureau of Investi gat ion , U. s. Atomic Energy Connnission , University of California , u. s. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board , Geophysical Research Division Air Materiel Command USAF, and the Office of Special Inve sti gations (IG) USAF. A logical explanation was not proffered with respect to the origin of tho green fireballs . It was , however, gene ro.lly concluded that tho pheno mena existed and that they should be studied scient i fica lly until these occur r ences have been satisfactorily explained . Further , that tho continued occurrence of unexplained phenomena of this nature in the vicinity of sensitive install ations is cause for concern . 5. ·The Geophysical Research Division , Air 11ateriol Command, Cambridgo , Hassachusotts , ho.s recentl y let a contract to Land-Air , Inc ., Holloman AFB, Alamogordo , New Mexico , for a limit ed scientific study of green fireballs . The results of this scientific o.pproach to the pr oblem will undoubtedly be of great value in determining the ori gin of these phenomena . 6 . This sununary of observations of aerial phenomena has been prepa r ed for the purpose of re - emphasizing and r eiterating the fact that phenomena have continuously occurred in the New Mexico skies during the past 18 months o.nd are continuing to occur , and , secondly , that these phenomena are occurrin g in the vicinity of sensitive mili tary o.nd government installat i ons . 4 Incls 1. Summary of Sightings 2 . Photo of Sighting No . 175 w/oomments 3 . Ltr fr Dr . LaPaz to Lt Col Rees, dtd 23 May 50 4 . Graph indicatin g maximums 2 ~ _____-;, ;(~ · ---=-·~ f, ,,. • iii:,1,,.. _,, \ ..t!- ~- DOYLE EES Lt C lon e1, USAF Dis ict Commande r NW 91526 COP4FIBE~JTlt\L
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Source text · mention onlyFile No: (24- 8) - 28 Sub j: Sunnnary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in 25 May 1950the New Mexico Area , December 1948 - May 1950 DISTRIBUTION : ' cys , Dir ect or of Special Investi gations , Headqua r ters USAF -J: 8:f--j CG, Ail' 1'8.oeeriel C~tl?a,&~oreeM: A.i'B;-~ , • -NPffl; Bix ec bo1 -o£ Techni ca,) Intel~~ 1 cy~ CG , Special Hee.pons Command, Kir tland AFB , New l.!exico 1 cy , CG , Ar med Ser vices Special ·weapons Pr o ject , Se.ndia Base , New Mexico . ATTN : J- 2 .J-e,',, - C-a-,- Mee:ef!flste.-m;e:r:s , Eo~...A.Any~~ , 1 CO , Holloman AFB , New Mexicocy • , ~-e&ea~-t-Gr:i,oe , C8.Jft&N,~e , Mae l!I"• Dir ecto r, Security Division , U. s. Atomic Energy Commission ,1 cy , Los Alamos , New Mexico . ATT!l : Mr . B. o. 'Jells 1 cy , Federal Bureau of Investi gation , El Paso , Texas Federal Bureau of Investi gation , Albu querque , New Mexico1 cy , J cy, £\i r Farce Scie.nt~ke4J:Uso1y Boaz ~nite.~on Iha~ ATTN· Pr A~s.apQ Kep.J.M _ -ii~~~ffl"-8:!~➔e¥~"9tl~n-e i e&Fe.. Pe:nta wm RlliJc.a:i:~, A~~P • H, E, LoR&e-ber--g;-&,ceecttiv e DiI e c bur , C~toe on G~s~gs end Geog.rerftY 1 cy , File NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlySig~ting No. 175 Photogra ph of Unknown Aerial Phenomena taken at De.til , New Mexico by Cpl Lertis E. Stanfield, Holloman Air Force Base, New W~xico on 24 and 25 Feb 1950. An analysis of the above photogra ph was made by Dr . Lincoln La.Paz, Head of the Instit ute of ~~teoritics, Universit y of New Mexico, Al buquer que , New N~xico, who reached the following con clusions: a o Tl:e angular diameter of the perfectly round luminous object Stanfield observed was approx imatel y 1/4 of a degree . b . The angul ar velocit y of the object in the sky was greater than half _a degree per minute . Dr . LaPaz stated that on the basis of the results (a) and (b) above, the object seen by Stanfield was not the moon (for the angular diameter is too small) , it was not Venus or any other pl ane t (for the angula r diame ter was too large), and it was not a bright fixe d star slig htly out of focus (for the observed rate of motion is double that due t o the diurnal rotation of the earth) . NW 91526
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Source text · mention only• THE UNIVERSIT Y OF NEW MEXICO ALBU QUERQUE INSTITUTE OF METEORITICS May 23 , 1950 To: Lt . Co~onel Doyle Rees , Connnanding Office r 17th District , O. S . I . From: Lincoln La.Paz, Director Institute of 1Jeteoritics Subject : Anomalous Luminous Phenomena ( Seventh Report) 1 . In the second repo r t of this series , dated 194:8, December 20 , the VIrite r listed ten significant differences bet·,veen the bri~t f;reen horizon tall y-moving fireballs observed in the interval 1948 , Decer,tber ·5- 20 , aud typical met eors . These differences were the following : ( 1 ) The horizontal nature of the pat,1s of nost of t he December fir eballs is most unusual . Genui ne meteors are rarel y observed to move in horizontal paths . ( 2) Again the very low he i ght of the December fireball discussed in s ection 2 a bove sets it off in sharp contrast f rom the Genuine meteors for which heights of the order of 40 or more ,niles are ~o • • mally observed . ( 3) The velocity determined for the fi reball of Dece~ber 12 is much less than the velocities det ermined from typical meteors (and yet is considerably greater than the speeds of the V- 2 Roc~ets or jet planes or of conventional fla r es) . ( 4) In the case of meteo rites that penetrate to as low levels as that determined for the fireball of D~cember 12 , the observed l u mino us phenomena ar e alwa ys accompanied by very violent -noises . No noises whate ver hav e been observed in connect i on with the variou s December fi r eballs so far investi gated . (Not e added on 1950 , :¥.ay 23 : Possible exceptions to the noiselessness of green fireballs a r e t.:"le incide nts of 1949 , Januar y 30 , and 1949 , December 4.) ( 5) Genuine meteors normally show r emar kable variations in brightness, beginnin g as fine thin hair lines , which are scar cely visible to the observe r, and then brightening up to flash out near the end of their paths . In the case of the December firetalls most of the ob servers have reported tha·G the green balls appea r ed almost instant ly at thei r full br i ghtness . NW 91526 COP<F1DEtsfR1\L
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Source text · mention onlyCO~JflDRt,.lTlAJ To : Lt . Colonel Doyl e Rees - Page 2 !~y 23 , 1950Subj : Anomalous Lumino1.~s :Phenomena ( Seventh Re::>ort) ( 6) In the ci:-,se of r::enui nc: r..etecrs the pe.ths are dir ected to viard all points of the compass wi-t:,l:. equal :.-:·req uenc;r • 0n the cc:rt'.;rar y in the cas~ of t!1e gree n fir eballs , plots of adr.ri.ssible approac~ 1 sec tors show that the r e is a ver :r p ron ounced te11dency for the pat}1s to come in f r om the north half of the s!:.y . ( 7) The thr ee groups of e.nomalous r--ree n i s:b. lu:~inovs phcno 1 )Kma show a curious assoc:i.ation with ·:1011 k::own ;neteor s:1oi.·Jer s , al-i:;::ou~i.1 none of these :.,etcor sho,11ers no rmall v pro ::uce c;.:tromely b riGht s roen fireballs , such as these r ece,1.tly orJse r ved . i''or example , the obse r vation :mentioaed by ::r . :·onnig appeared nee.r the ma::imum of t he Quad rant id showe r of e arly Ja,'1mu-y , , fr . ; :cCullou r;h ' s o'..-)scrvatio n of Augu.st vias near the time of the Pe r s id shm 0 1E:.1· an6. t !\C Decci-r.bcr observations all fell in the intE.:rval cove r ed by the Geminj_d s:10Yrnr . Thi s relationship mi 1:;ht indicate an attempt t o r ende r t he r:rec.n fire balls loss conspic"u .ous cy causing tht,n~ to appear only ~'!L:m thE..re is considerable ;neteoric ac·': ivity . ( 8) As noted in an earlier co.m:mmic~'.tion , tho rcnar !:ably v:i.vid green color r eport ed for most of the Decer:i.ber fir eballs is rar ely obse rved in the 02,so of r;en"-lnc met eors . By ls.":;ora.to r y tes·'.; -\:.~:is peculi2.r colo r seems to :::e: identical viith tr:a•; g iven off by coppe r salts in the blowpipe fla:-no . If ".;his idcn- ljifi co.tion is corr oct , the wave lon<- th of t;..e r ndiation frm"'.. th(, Gre en _;_'ire :::e.lls i s near /\ • 5218.R. - ( 9 ) The duration estimates of betw een 2 and 3 seconds r 0p ort 0d fo r the gr een fi r eball s nr c consi dero.b l:, longe r than thos e (0.4 - 0 . 5 s econc.s) for the or dinary vis ucl )' e·ccors , but s!10rtcr than the dur ation estimates invariably r 0:,ort ,;d in tho ca.so cf a GCP-\).ine meteorite fe.11 (5 to 30 s e conds or oven longer) . ( 10) For none of tho gr ec.n fi r eballs r.as a tra in of spv.rl~s or a dust cloud been rc~ortcd . 'i:'his co".'.t r c.s·ts sharply wit: , the b e havio r noted in c ase of n e·ccoric £ir cballs - - particularly those that pene trate to the: very 101·1 levels ,-.,her e t;1c gr e en fir0bo.ll of December 12 was observed . 2. In the y~a r and a :1'3.l i' since this list v11:ts ?'!'ODD.red, ;:-..any ad- ditional observations have been m.o.do , 4~hc total numb er of obj ects no·11 accepted as belonging in the [;r c on :Cir ~ball cat--Eory beine; 72 . (Al though this number constitut e s nearly 50,; of t ho inciJents listed in tho accompanying Surrnnar ~r, it con stj_tut0s less t han 5% of tho · :;otal numher of unscreened ob~tions r oporte d to the writer . ) Cri-tical arn.1.l:/ sis of all gr een fir eball r eports non available shows that on l ;,' ono of the staterr ,cnts in the l ist ~ivcn in paro. gr o.ph 1 n(;eds to b e :"'.loc, i i.'icd , namely , item ( 1) . Hithin the last year , a co:cs::.dcrable rn..u,:')cr of the gr een fireballs hc.vo appeared to fall vcr·cic 2.lly d.o,mv1ard ro.t: :er t han NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlyTo : Lt . Colonel Doyle Rees - PaGe 3 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23 , 1950 to move horizontally . However , a strictly vertical infall is a l so very rarely observed in the case of gem~i ne meteor fa l ls . 3 . An analysis just completed of the t ime dist ribut ion of the s r e en fireballs so far observed permits us to add an 11th item to the list of differences given in paragraph 1 above . The graph of frequency vers u s local time which accompanies the present r eport s11m-:s t hat the ma;cirn,un frequency of sighting of green fireballs ( occurring at approxina-cely 2030) coincides in time v1 i th neit her the f r equenc y maxir.1um for ordinary meteors (occurrin;; at approximately 0300) no r the frequency mazimtun fo r meteorite falls (occurrin g at approximately 1600) . 4 . Inspection of the graph referred to in pa.rB.gr aph 3 also will show that most of the green fireballs have been siEhted in a t i me i nter val e:;...-tending from about 5 p .m. to 11 p . m. (:MST) . This conceut r ation might be even more pronounced if it were possible to screen -:>ut of the secondary max:iJnum, around 2 a . m. ( :r.£T), all ordinary meteors wl:ich have been mistak enly identified as g reen fireballs . rnat such misj_de::i.tifica. tion has occurred is stron gly sugges ted by the near coincidence in time of the secondary max i :'lum of the green fireballs and the well oste.blished early morninG maximum of the ordinarJ meteors . 5 . Some significance may attach to the fact that tho timo i nte rval alluded to in paragraph 4 extends f rom about 7 a .m. to 1 p . m. in the Ural r egion of t he USSR. Since miss iles movine; Y1ith velociti e s of tho or de r of those found for the green fireballs for which r eal path determinations have been possible would travel from the southern Urals to new Mexico in less than 15 minut e s , a possible int e r pretat ion of tho concentration of sightings r efe rred to in para graph 4 is tho.t the z r een fireballs r esult from guided missiles launch ed from bases in the Urals i n the r.-.ornin ~ hours before cloudiness due to convection or blinding aftern oon dust storms can interfere with non- radar tracking , such as has been used by the Optical Trajector.1 Section at Tlhitc Sands Proving Ground . 6 . There is also a p ronounc ed concentt"ation of green fireball incid ents on the four days , F riday , Saturday , Sundny , Monday , almost a l l of the most widely observed incid ents having occurr e d on Saturday or Sunday . 7. It is a curious and fai rly well- established fact that there has been a distinct decline in the numbor of gre en fireball sightin s s during the last two months, within whicn. the number of so- called 11 f ly ing saucer 11 incidents in this region :,as attained an all- time high . 8 . Although I have r ecently r eceive d from Dr . Joseph Ira.plan of the Scientific Adviso ry Board a letter containing the statement "l'ran k ly , don ' t lm01·1 of any U. s. experiments that v1ould result in the appeart'.ncc of these unconventional objects , and ne ither docs Von Karma.n11 • I still NW 91526 I
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Source text · mention onlyTo : Lt . Colonel Doyle Rees - Po.ge 4 Subj : Anonalous Luminous Phenomena (Sevent h Rerort) Eay 23 , 1950 consider ·t;he most probable explanation of t he green fireballs ~o 1)e ·;;h e one e;iven in the first of the three parat;ra· ·hs be 1.m·, ,ihioh are quoted from my lette r of 1950 , February 20 , to Dr. P . H. ·.i"yc}wff , Cliief .,·..t:,1os pheric Physics Laboratory , Base Di rec torate for Ceophys :..cal Researc:1 . The last two pan1{; r aphs quoted. be loY1 \'lell summarize rrr;/ r ecommendatic,:1.s concerninc the green fireball problem : nAs a prel i minary to settin c; down the project recommend ....tions which you ,reques ted , I have very carefull-r r eviev;ed all uvaile.')le fireball data ( observers I reports , transit measv. r e:nents , calc ulated real paths , etc . ) cove rin 3 incidents from those of Dcce~be r 5 , 1948 to the extraordinary incident of Feb r uary 7 , 1950 , ,1hich ;-,as been under intensive investi ~ation for the J.e..st two week:: . As a result of this compre'.'lensive rev iew , particuln. 1·1~, as it re lates to the in cident of Februa r y 7, 1950 , I feel con!pe lled to write you in some what different terms concernin i::; my mm part in the proposed f ireball project than I had in mind \'/hen we last discussed thi s mat ter . In brief , I have come to the cone ]. us ion that , on the be.sis of t l~ e evidence now available to me , I Y1oulc', not te jus ·:;ifi ed in r eco:rm ,end ing a. fi rebe.11 project . In ~' opir..ion , this evicieace proves conclu sively that the fireballs reported on fall i nto one of t,::o cate scrics: Those of the fi r st category ( ·the 1'1ajority ) are mcteori"i:e i'alls of unusual , but certainly not of impossible , ma~~nit 1J.de , frequency c.nd other characteristics ; t )1osc of the second ca-~egory ( tne minority) are u. S . guided missiles undergoin~ tests i n the nei~~borhoods of th0 sens:'. .tive installations t'.1ey a.re desi '.:;ned to def'e;_1-d . This interpretat:i.on of the latte r catego ry is the one t~1e.t I p r oposed in answer t o a qv.est ic>n raised by Dr . 'i'eller a.t the first Los i'.lc~':los conference on r'ebn:.a r y 1 7 , 19"49. It ,.ms not ta!cen seriously then and I doubt tha.t i·c viill be tal:en seriously a·t tl~e present time . However , even if my interpretation of t;te t:nconventione..l £'ireralls is the correct one , it is obvious t'.1.at ·chose in posi-l:;ior. t o con!' inn it should r efuse ~o do so . 11 "Only one cthc.r point need be str es sed , namely , that if I nm v1rong in interpret in co: the ;;uided missiles r.s ot U. S . ori:;in , t'.1cr.. certo.inl~r intensive , systo!Tlatic i nve sti ~:ation of t!:ose objects should not be de layed until the termine.i;ion o-..' tiHi pr csen-~ aca.ci..,rn;ic year . Recent international devclopr:0nts cOJ;:pel ono to sense ·";he imperative necessity of i mmediate investiea tion of the unconvent:i.on e.l green fireballs , in c?.se yo1..:. are in ,·1oss c ssio·.·, of i nfcr:nation proving that t:b.ey are not U. S . miss:'..les . 11 11 If such ::.n immediate investir;a·l;ion uere to be undc r tc.J.:cr. , I would r eco:r;:;iend t:1at Dr . Fred. L. -,fhipple , of Earvu rd Collo~e Obsc;r vator y , be placed i.n charge of the pl:otoGraphic !)Lase of -tLe inves tigation ; the.t Dr . Pe·t;er ::,. lhl lman , of t he Dominion Observa>tory , be placed in charge of tl1e spectro graphic ~,hase of the investi::-.1.:.-cion ; NW 91526 COf'1FIOEPcJTIAL
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Source text · mention onlyTo : Lt . Colonel Doyle Rees - Pase 5 Subj : Anomal ous Luminous Phe nomena (S eventh Report) ; :a,y 23 , 1850 that Dr. L. A. Manni ng , of Stanford , and Dr . tfillman be pl£,ccd. i n chaq;e of the radar investi 6at ion ; and , final1.y , t h~.t Dr . ·.'iillia.."Tl Crozi er , of the New r:icxico School of Hines , be placed in char ge of dust collection and identifico.tion . On the br.sis of many intensive field st, rveys , I do not anticipate -that 6r ound search viill lead to any r ecov e r ies , but in cas e such g r ound _search is to be attompted , it should be carrie d out on tho scale str essed i n IT\')' conv e r sations ·with you and Hujor Ode r last month . 11 9 . Although the abeve para:-;r aiJhs Y1erc ,s,ri ttcn some months a~o , the r ecorn:ncndations conta i ned i n them arc the ones I ~-!ould u.r ge you to con side r at the pr esent time . In conclusion , I s hould like to r epeat the offer made a-t the end of my l ette r of February 20 to Dr . i~yckoff , na.-rncly to serve , if needed , as consul te.nt on the g r een fi r cbo.11 p1·ojoct as suggested in Uajor Ode r ' s letter -~o me u..~der de.to of Fovcmbor 29 , 1 949 , ,·iit h the stipulation , h0\·1ever , that n~,r service be on a voltmtary basi s rather than on the ~AO per day cont r act s pecified in 1.!e.jo r Od0r 1 s lc·ttcr . /J ~---..--1" /' , I / /·~/ /~\ ;2 .... V r.2..--;" , ?'.J-, Lincoln La.Paz , Directo r :'/' Institute of r:otcor itics Universi "cy of Iicv1 l:!exic o NW 91526 :£0WFIDEP'4 I IAL
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Source text · mention only. I . 6f:J!RST . DEPARU!EtIT OF THE AIR F0)1CE HEAD<.,!UARI'ERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WA.SHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 17TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NE,V MEXICO DR/JIB/web file No: 24- 8 • 18 May 1949 SUBJECT : lP'TKNOWN (Aeria l Phenomena) TO: Commanding Genera l Sandia Base Al buquerque , New rexico ATTN: Inte lligence Office r 1. Transmitted her ewith is a SUimnary of Infor mation r el ative to the aer ial phenomena whjch have been observed in t he New Llexico -- West Texas area . 2. This investigation is being continued and your office will be kept info r med of future deve l o?"lents . 1 Incl ~~o• i C--- Summar y of Information L C ol, USAF strict Conn:iander DISTRIBUTION OF SU'~ARY : 2 - Hq OSI 1 - 3d OSI treeion 1 - CG, AMC 1 - CO, Kirtland AFB 1 - CO, 636th Acft Contr ol & war ning Sq 1 - AF Guided Lissi l e Project 1 - AF Fiel d Office for Atomic : nergy 1 - CG, Sandia Base 3 - Atomic Znergy Security Ser vice 1 - CG, :Four th i\rmy 1 - BIO, Ft Bliss , Texas 1 - FBI, Al buquerque 1 - Dr Linco l n I.a.Paz, UNM 12 - Fil e i:rrLf.: J<..f..:_iJ.:1-1- 5 cz ~ sfiORl - - .....,.....c ... ~~ J. ' NW 91526 _F;:/P : :::J ..,7,Jc:.-, :/4,,,lr ~ ,,C,·r~ Jal/ 4n.
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Source text · mention only• DEB\RT~;ENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON -,-.-o~E"!"!' lro'Cl,\SS~~~lf~ THE INSPECTOR GEN~L USAF • ~ • 4 . ' ..... . , . 17th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL TINESTIG .TI~' ..: KIRTI11.1m AIR FORCE BASE, Ni?/f MEXICO 1 9 April 1949 Sille'.111ARY OF INFORMATION: 1. This i s a comprehe nsive summary of all observations of unidenti - fied aerial phenomena possessing similar charc.cteristics whi oh hava beeu observed in the New Hexico - West Texas area . The cor:imon charu.ct ~ristics . of most of the incidents are : a . Green color ., sometiraes described as green ish- white , bright green , yellow - gr een , or blue green . b . Horizontal path , sometimes with minor variations . c . Speed less than that of a meteor , but mor e than any knovm type of aircraft . d . No sound associated with observations . e . No persistent trail or dust cloud. f . Period of visibility from one to five seconds . 2. All of the inci dents r e ported do no t possess al l of the above onaracteristics , but in each case one or mor e are pres ent . In non is of the reported incidents has any natural or :nan- made object :)Gen deternined to be responsible . 3. The body of this summary consists of a tabulation of obs ervations with notes attached to clarify or amplify ce rtain of the more important observations. Note nu~bers 1, 3, and 5 a.rs taken directly fro m r epo r ts compiled by Dr. Lincoln LaPaz., Univ ersity of Now Mexico . Dr . LaPaz is i nternationally known and r espected as a meteoriticist , and he.s taken a gr eat interest in these phenomena . 4. The tabulation of sight i ngs is not a conple te reco rd of all r e ported observations , but compris es only those in which int,,irvievrn Vlcro conducted by OSI personnel . Hany othe r p-.:::rsons we r e inte rvi ewed by Dr. LaPaz. and his . colleagu e s , but, inasmuch a s compl ete da tu is n ot availabl e , these intervi ews are not taken into acc ount in this summary., In addition ., numerous r eports have b <Jcn received from individuals who could no I:; provide NW 91526
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Source text · mention only" SUMHARY OF INFO!W!.TION (Cont) 19 :\pril 1949 sufficient i nformation to warrant inclusion of such facts as t hey did possess . Any interview where the veracity of the inte r v i ewee was doubted was dfs count ed in the pre par~ tion of .r ep<H'ts £'t1r tr. :-..=-= j {--l--:-.1. . 1 Incl Tabular Summary w/not e s - 2 - NW 91526 r c,r,-. 9. r ;p.CLo_ ,._,,.
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Source text · mention only• EXTRACT FROM REPORT SUBMITTED BY DR. La.Pf,Z ON 20 DECIDirBER 1948 : December 1 4 : 1:00 a . m., Er . lfon o Sanch e z (Wagon t!ound , N. l:.T. ) 2. The Reul Path of t he Only Green Fire ba l l s o Fo.r Obs er v ed a t Two Se para t e Stuti,o n s • .Among the n ume r ous obs e rva tions so _f ur made , t he r 3 is on ly one pa i r of c or respond i ng observ s.tions i . e ., thos e 11).0.de s i multan oo\.,s l y by dif fe r ent gr oups of obs e r ve rs a t widely sepa r nt c d s t o.tions . The onl y suc h obse r vat ions nr e tho se obtained on the night of De c embe r 1 2 by one g::-o•;-.~: of obs e r vor s near Sta r vation Pea k ( Be r na l , Hew Mexi c o - s ee r epo rt on i iic ;_ ' . t ·o r 1 948 , De cember 1 2 , 9h 2m p l u s or mi nus 30s ) , a nd a s e cond p o.ir of ob :.;v c· ·, " ·· sta tioned wit hin the Los Al amos r e serv e.t i on . By gra phic r e duc tion of t ho simu l t a neouil.y made obs e rvati ons , t he fol l owin g fa cts h a ve been de t crmi nc c : The g r een fireba ll of Decembe r 12 ~ 9h 2m p l us or m i nus 30s o.ppoar o d v .... r y it-· r o. poi n t with the coor dim3.tes l ati t ude 35° 50 1 , l on gi tud c 106 ° 40 1 and d isary, pea.r ed nea r a poi nt wi t h the coor di n o.tes l a t i tudo 35° 45 1 , l ong;i tude 107° f.. ·: t r aversing a nearly o r e xo.ctly hori zon t a l pa t h with e. l e n gt h o f v ery n e 1~r l :r twe nt y- f ive (2 5) mil e s a t an a l tit ude above the sur fac e of the eart h of c..p~ pr oximc..t ely 8 to 10 mi les , do pcncli nr; on th e c stim~ t e of un r;ul o.r a l titud-3 empl oye d i n tho r educ t i on ; tho ve l oci ty wi t h r e spe ct t o the e a r th wor ks out ut b e tween 8 a nd 12 mil e s a s e cond , d ,"J pend i n g; en tho dur !l.ti on e stim:1t e use'.l . It should . b e o bse rve d t ho.t th.::: a bove r e su l ts a r e obta i ne d u nder the n ss umpt i. c ,.. that t he poi n ts of n ppet-.r a nce and dis o.ppcur o.nc c of t ho f ire b a l l wor e seem simultaneously by b oth the Be r na l m d L o s ;~lr-"!l.OS gr oups . I n co.s e this o.ssump ti on is not fulfill ed , th e r 00.l pt~th c oul d v e ry co.sily b e no mor e thnn 10 -L:- 12 mil e s long , the v e locity with r e s pe c t to th8 oi~rth t hen w or k.i ng out o.t ' between 3 and 6 mil e s o. s e c ond . \T./hil G the r e is thus con side r a ble u:ndorto.i nt y b e ca use of the l a ck of con f i r mi n e; a zimuth obs e rv(ltions f r o:n :::. t hird sta t :i.0:1_ concord :;mc e in tht:: five ( 5) d i ff e r e nt o stim c.t e s of o.ngu l o.r e l e vati on ma ke i i; most un like l y that the lineo.r h-::i ght of the fir cbo.11 wa s muc h les.s t han 8 mi~ and much mor e t nnn 10 m il e s . It is intc r o sti n ~ t o o bse r ve tha t t he b a ckwar : e xtension o f the 2 5- milo path fir st given pass e s a l mo s t c entr a l l y a cross t w Los Alrunos r e s e rvo.ti on . 3. Si gn ifico.nt Dif f e r ence s Betwe e n the F ire bal l s Observ e d in the Int~n · De cemb e r 5 - 1 3 and Typi ca l Llet oor s . 3 . 1 Tho hor i zont a l nat u r e 0 f tho pnths of m ost of the De cembe r f ir<'· ba lls i s m ost unusu o.l . Ge nui ne met eors a r e r e.r o l y obser ved t o mov-o i n ho:·i-. zonto. l paths . 3 . 2 Again the ve r y l ow he i ght of the De cembe r fir ob~ll discuss ed j 1 s e ction 2 above s e ts it off in she.rp cont r a.st f r om the genu i n e met 0ors for whi c h h e igh t s o f t ho or der o f 40 or mor 0 m ile s a r e n ornu:, lly obs c n r,}d . 3 . 3 -The ve l ocity de t e rmi ne d for t he 1~ir0bo.l l of D ocomb0r 12 is m \l.C!' less than tho ve l oc i tic s d e t e rmined frum t y pic n l mot oors ( o.nd y et i s cons i.d, •• abl y g r oat a r thnn tho spee ds of t ho V- 2 Ro c ke ts or j e t pl~ncs or of c on.vcr.-1.,J f l a r es ) . NOTE l NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlyDe oe~be r 20 , 1948TO: Colonel Doyl o Re0 s 3 . 4 In the c ase of meteor ites that pcm.0tratc to :1.s lO'N l eve ls e s that dete rmined for the fireba ll of De cembe r 12 , ~~e observed l~inous ph~ nomena are always :icoompani'3d by vary v i olent nois<1s . No no i ses whatever have been obse r v8d i n c onne cti on v.rith the vo.rious Deoemb0r fireballs s o f r•.r investigated . > 3 . 5 Genui ne meteors normally show r 0markabl e ve.riations in 01 :' ~--t beginning as fine thin ha ir lines , which a r c, scurcE:ly visib l e to tho 0<'1 8 1.,1··••: ,· , and then bri gh tening up to flash out near th o 0 r..d of th0 ir paths . ~:,,_ th·.:; .".'' · of the DecEJmber fir ebal ls most of t he obse r vers ha':-0 r e ported that th2 r:-, balls appea r ed almost inst o.ntly !l.t their fu 11 b ri g;htnGss . 3 . 6 In the c aso of genuine meteor s the paths are d. i_rocted t0;.r!~r~ all po int s of th0 compass i.•iith equa l freque ~lcy . On tho cori.t r 1:-ry in t'.1.0 c :- : ., of the gr .:rnn fire balls , plots of admissi b l e a pproach sect ors shnw th<:'.t ·;h••,r , i s l~ v e r y pronouh ccd t endency for th0 pe.th s to cc-:.:o in frora the north hn,E of the sky . 3 . 7 The thr :,e r;r oups of anomc.l ou s [ r eenish lumin ous phcnomen f). s'1 ; V, a curi ous ass0ciation ·1vith ,ilel l knovrr-. r!lCtcor show0 r s , althcut;h none of tnJS l: me teor show-Jrs normally produce extremely ½ri;:;ht gr:ion fir eballs , snc h :.-.s tho se r e cently obs Grved . For oxsmp l e , th,J obse r 7n.ti' Jn mol'!tic-nod by Era ~u!~l.'. :'-ppos.rod nea r the maximum of the Quadr::i.nti d s ,10W(lr ,,i' r~nrl;,· Jc.nuary : :r.r-. 1,icCullough ' s observation of Aufust was noc.r the ".;i m~' c.t' the Pe rs i d showE.·r i ,r, tho Dec embe r obscrvo.tions :-.11 fell in ';h Q ir..ts2r vul oo•,,er;;d by the G..:mini d showe r . This r elati onship mi ght indio:,t~ :-.n :::.tt,;r;-:p~ to. r ond<:;r th.;. groon f~ •· .. bells l e ss c c:i.spic uous by cuusi rcg t han tc, appear o:, l y when th~r0 is c c.·, sj•L-- ablc meteo ric activity. 3 . 8 ).s not ed in o.n G<::.rlie r communicP..tio:-,_, the r --,rao.rkab l y vi ,.-ic. ;; i ·,,J.J"' co l or rep orted fo r most of the De cembe r fi r e balls i s r e.rely obson,;Jd L! t: 1 ~ :> c ase of g enuine meteo rs . By l ubor~to r y t est this p,,cu lia r col or s~cmf' to ~>, identical vdth th:lt ci ven off by oc ppe r s nlt s i n tho blowpipe fl ::-.mc.. If ::,,.1;_." i dentificaticn i s c orre ct, th" W'.l.vel ~ngth of the r adi ation fror.i. t~1.e gree:ri f ireballs is nenr 5, 218 Angstrom Units . 3. 9 The du r ation esti.mr. tes of between 2 r:.nd 3 s e c,.,nds r epork c. f c, the green f ireballs !1.r c oonsid ;,r a.bly l on;0r than those (0 . 4 - 0 . 5 soc(•urls: , for the ordin r:.ry visuc.l met eors, but shorter t h'.m tho dur ation osti1 .1r•.t..::s i nvar iably rep orted i n the c o.s o o:.' ~ g6nuinc..: met eorit0 fr-,11 ( 5 t c 30 s J cc.:v1s or even l on ge r) . 3.10 For none of t he gr een f iro::>ulls has a trr.:.i n oi' spa rks or ~ O.L 5, cloud been r epo rted. T!'lis oont r :ist s shnrp l y with the boha.v i or notc ,1 i·-~- c2.1:;E:. of meteor ic fireb c.11s --part~cul a rly those th:-.t penotrc.te t o the 70ry .i.,;w l eve l s where the g;r aen fir ebal l of Decenb0 r 1 2 was observed . 4 . On the basis of the vari ous diffe renc es to which attenti cn is C'\.l l. ~ - in secti on 3, the writ e r r ema i ns of the ooiniun thc,t the fireb.~tlJ. of: D0c-3r.1i., ~ ~- 12 was definitel y non - meteor ic c.nd that i ~ ull pr obn.l>ility the sm,10 js ·i,ru, of most , if not a ll, the other b ri ght goon fir uba lls, which t he 031 h~.s hcJ unde r investigR tion~ LINCCL~l I.aPi,Z' NW 91526
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Source text · mention only-= , l....ti :::::::1 - ---""'!.,• . !!J 2_~ ...,... I NCIDEHTS OF 13 AND 20 DECE::lBER 1948 : The unu sual f e a tur e o f t hes e t wc i n cid,rnts i s t h a t the r e w e r e r ep•)rt: i two red lights t r a ili ng the cr 0.;m fir e ba ll. I n e n.ch co.;,e obs c r v~ r s :..i.e... , c t hat the tra iling l igh ts r 0t a.i ned a. c c.,n stant pos i tion w ith r espec t t' '- ~ e the r and t o t h e g r e en l i i::;ht . Also , t he s e two s i ghtings :;,.r e the on< · ~w a ll t he gr een f i r eballs who r e c. sha r p chunbe cf d ire c t i on i ~ the ,;~ r ',i') , • p l ane wa s ,,:>se r ved . One of thes e i ncident s , tha t of 20 D3cembe r, w·,:· r by At omic Ene r gy Se cu ri ty Se r vice I n s pectc r s , whi l e the ot he r ·ivas -,:_;.,:;-, truck driver .an d his wife . That of 2 0 D0cembcr was obse r ved i n the Lo.3 a r e a , whi l e tha t of t he 1 3th of Dcoenbe r wa s :;b ser ved s outhvr e s t d ' h'l.s 1 NOTE 2 asa;~::rr- NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlyINCLOSURE #=6 The Univ e r s i t y of New Mexico Albuquerque De cember 30 , 19~E I n sti tute o f Meteoritic s Lt. Colon el Doyle Rees, Cormnanding Offic er TO : District No . 17 Of f ice of Special I nve sti gation s From : Li ncoln LaPa z , Dir ector I nstitut e of Meteoritics Sub j e ct : Anomalous lumi n ous phenom ena ( Third Report) In the s e co nd r epor t of t his s e ries, a des cription was gi ven o f the ~.:_C'~t.i path throu gh the a t mosph e r e of t he gr ee n fi r eba ll of 1948 , December 12, gn :'·' (plus or minu s 308 ) . On the bas is of cor r e s pond i n g ob s e rva tions ma de f r o1. , , - sta tion near Starv a tion Peak , New Mexi co , and a second s t ation nea r LoR Al1c H New Mexico , t h is fir eball was fou nd t o ha1re ap pear ed n ea r a poi nt wi th th e! coor dina t e s : latitu de 35° 50 ' N, longitud e 10 6°, 40 1 W, and to have d1 isap:i - ~ nea r a point with the coordin a t e s : l a titude 35° 45 ' N, longitud e 1 0 7 os· tra ve r s ing a r. a lmo st ho rizon tal pat h , a t an elevation of about 1 0 mil e s a".J sea leve l , wit h a l ength of about 25 m iles , a t a v e l ocit y of a pp r oxi mate ly 10 mile s per second. (T he mi n i mum pa t h l ength con si ste~t w ith t he obse r v-• c:~ •• wa s f ound to b e about 11 miles , the corr e s por.d i ng ve l ocity t hen f a lli;:i c b 4 -l,... 3 and 6 mile s p e r second , depen ding on the d u r ation adopted . ) On th e bas i s o f corr espond i n g ob s e r vations of t h e gr ee ni sh- whit e f i r , 't.. • of 1948 , De cember 20 , s h 54m p . m. made by two p a irs of L os Alamos obser ve r r._ i t has now become possible t o wo r k out anothe r approxi ma t e reo. l pa th. As ;- _ be appa r ent fr om the o rigi na l a ccounts of the obse r vo.t i ons made by AESS I n s pe c tors Wi lli am D. Wi lson , Bufo r d G . Tr ue tt, Cl iffo rd E. Str un g~ a.rd. P:•.1 c ., ••• Se c ur ity I nspe ctor Geor ge S . Skippe r , t he fireba ll o f 1948 , De c ember 2 (, w :.i.,, ob ser ved und e r l ess fnvo r abl e c on di tions t han t he g r ee n fi r eba ll s ee n by f .vo:: pe rso n s o n t he night of De cembe r 1 2 . Hov,e-..rer , on the b a s i s of the ori ~;i n·1.:· acc ounts o f the observe r s named o.bov e , of ske tche s supplied by the s e f~l.!r ::.: viduals on De cembe r 2 9 and of t r ansit o bs e rva tions mc,de by Ce.pta i.n '.l . ~ - ,!"~• and t h e unde rsi gne d on the same date a t t he points o f obse r vatio n (-·.r:i. t. . 35° 48 t . 9, 106° 18' . 4 for St rang and Skipper a n d 35° 55 t , 10 6° 2 3 • , , f ,w Wilso n and Truett) , it ht..s b een possi bl e to e stablis h r eas on abl e eo;1 ,;0r ·dan(' c, betwe en various point s on the f ireball po.th e.s s een by tho t wo gr ou p3 0r ,,~•• • s e rve rs . Becaus e of t he v e r y s hort b a s eline ( on ly 8 mi l es l ong ) b c t nocn -t., ,.· two points of obs ervo.tion o.nd the d i ff icu.lt con di t i ons und e r v1hi ch t h0 fi :•,J_ . of Decemb e r 20 was ob ser ved , it is my o pi n i on that t he r eal p o.th den vvl J ,·0: the Dec emb e r 20 obse rvati on s d ese rve s c ou sid ur ub ly l o s s we i ght than t:-1::i:t:; :::r . t ai ned from th e De cembe r 12 obs e rvatio ns . NOTE 3 NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlyDoc rnnber 30 , 1918Lt . Col . Doyle Reos - 2- It is found that the f i r e bal l doubly obs e rved by Messrs . Wilson , Truett) Strang , a.nd Ski ppe r a.ppenred at a height of at l eas t 10 miles and desccndcc i .-.., an angle of about 45° to the vertical ( a ccording to Truett ' s estimate) t0' point C at an elevation of only 2 . 3 miles abo7C the horizontal plan0 t·1rc 1 • tho point from which Strang and Skipp e r obs e rved . As the firo ba ll aF1?··o') :· the point C, its pa.th l eve lled off and from C to its point of d.i:sappoarcm:.., E, the fir eball followed a nearly horizontal path app r oximat e l y 7 . 5 mi :cs movin g with o. velocity of between 3. 75 a nd 7 . 5 mil e s p-:,r secon d , dep.:: 'ldi n;_ the duration estima t o adopted . The coordin a tos of t he projocti on of C on •.! earth arc 35° 56 ', N, 106° 30 t Vf, and those of t he pr ojection of E o.rc 3fi, 57 1 N, 106° 23 ' w. The forw a rd extens ion of the f ireba ll ' s tro.cc on tho ... as det e rmined by the a bove projections , passes some six mi l es to tho nox-c., • the town of Los Alnmos . It should be noted t hut the d es cendin g; branch of t h-'l pc..th of the fir : • • • wu.s observed by I n spe ctor Tru ett alone , but he was abs olut e ly ce rtai n thr.1.~ his observ a ti on of t h is portion of t he path was corr e ct. It shoul d a ls o 1x not ed tha t no sound was heard , a l though tho d istan ce fro m the obscr vc.,r s ·co ·; " : fir e bnl l and from the fir e ball to the et'l.rth could havo been on ly 11 fow mi::.-- ~. a t most . I have no hosito.ncy in testifying that ap object possessin r; tho - . •• path o.nd the other poculio.rit ios observed by l'lies srs . Wilson1 Truett,, Stro ,1~., and Skipper was not a fallin g meteorite . U.L.,'-.,J. NW 91526 J.
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Source text · mention onlyTO: Dir e cto r , I nte lli g&nc e & Se cu rit y D ivis i (m 7 Ja nua r y 1 949 FROM: Ch i e f , Phy s ica l Se curity Branch SUBJ ECT: Re ported Obse rva t i on the Sky on 6 Janua r y of Uni den ti fied 1949 Li ght o r Fl o.r e Movi n t,; j,c r r·~,. 1 . On 7 J anua ry 1949 , t he writ e r i n t e rvi ewed Pfc . .Mer edith J . Ever i tt, ASN 38 552 9 54 , Hea dqua rte rs , 8450th i.!l. P . Gr oup , c cn cc r n i n .: t he un i dent i f i ed light or f l a r e which he h'3.d r ep(:r tedly seen movin g: t\Crc)SS the s ky 2. Pfc . Eve r i t t advis ed tha t on 6 J anu a ry 1 949 he was gua r din~ o. C- 97 air p l ane a t the l and i n g stri p , l oc a t ed ad j a cent t o the Or dnan c e Ar e~, whe n a t app r oximate ly 1730 h ours he notic ed a b riGht ob j e c t t r ave l lin~ n cc ns s t h e sk y , fr om the Sout heas t t owc r ds t he' Nor thwest . He r ela t-ed t hc.t t he ob ject wa s diam ond shapod , a ppr o.xi mate ly t v/0 f eet l on g, a.nd appe.-:i.r ed t o ,be mu ch b righte r i n i ts cente r t hnn at t he edges . He es t i ma ted tha t the ( ,1.:> j c c t vms appr oximately 1 500 to 2000 f eet i n the a ir E,n d t r ave lled. a ppr oxima te ly 500 f eet , horiz ontal t o t h e e a r th ' s surfa ce _. be f or e he l os t s i ght of i t . Pf c. Eve r itt was una1.:>l e t o e s tima t 0 the s pE,e d o f; t h1:, ob j e c t but s t a t el tho. t he ha s s ee n l ow f lying jet p l anes , o.nd t hat thi s o~ j ect tra ve lled much fast e r than the jets tha. t he h -'is obs e rved . Thor':l vras nc- smoke or othe r v apor, u s : !late r i a l visible t o Pfc . Eve ritt a r o und o r fo llowi n 6 the ob j e ct . 3. At the time Pf c . Everit t witn essed t h e ob j "' c t, he sta ted th ::i.t the sky was clear , fur nis hin g o. light bl ue b£>.ckgr ound , a nd t hat t h e o bje ct app ea r ed t o be a b ri Ght wh ite light, with n o o thor appa r ent v i s i b l e co l or . 4. Stand t nG gua r d w ith Pfc . Eve r itt wer e Sgt . Ri cha r d \':ol es l e gc e ar..d Cp l. Wils on , and a qc or din g ·t o Pfc . Eve rit t , n e ithe r of t he o t h.:;r m en s a.w t he ob j e ct. Eve ritt e xp'laincd tha t hG cal l ed t o Sgt . Vfol es l e p;ce , who was stacidi ::g at t he ot he r end of t he p l a ne , :.:.,.~d t o l d hi m t o l ook a t t he ob j ect i n the sky , but by t hat time i t had di s app eor ed. 5. Pfc . ~ve ritt sta ted t h a t ho attended Fli bh t Schoo l , u nde r the G. I. Bill of Ri ghts i n H ous t on , Texas , du rin c t he yea r 1 947 , and that he h a s had s ome e xperience in obs e rvi n g a ircr a ft. / s/ Mil.TTHB1V J . DOYLE Ch i e f , Phys ica l Secur i ty Branc h I !1te lli gcnc e & Se curity Di v isi cm NOTE 4 i 1CD -- NW 91526
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Source text · mention only' THE UNIVERSI TY OF NEV'f HEXI CO • ALBUQUERQUE Febr uar y 21 , 1949Insti tute of Met e oritic s Lt Col one l Doyl e Rec s , Commanding Off ice r TO : Dist r ict No . 17 Office of . Speci a l Inve sti gations Lin co l n w.Paz , Dire ctorFrom: I n stitute of Meteo ritic s Anomalous l umi nous phenomena ( 4t h r e port)Subj e ct : 1 . Sev e r a l addit i onal si ghti n gs of' une xpla ined ae r i a l light phenom on·, have occur r ed sinc e the third r ~por t i n t h is s e rie s w a s p r epa r ed . Outst '.mdi among the as yet und e s cr ibod inciden ts was the g r een fir 0ba ll of Sun day c,-c 1 • i •• Janu a r y 30 , 1949 , 5:54 p . m. MST. Within l e ss tha n one mi nute uftc r the ap-• pear a.nce of the fi r eba l l , a n eyewit ne ss ( Mr . Nc s bett ) co.l l ed t o r epo rt t h :: ' •· pr ess i on of a g rou p of pe rsons who s aw the fi r e ba l l t hr ou6h a n east wi ndow while s e P.ted about the d i nne r t a ble i n o. b ri ,;}ltly lighted r oom. \1ithi n tvro·; '•· h ou rs a f t e r t he fir e b a l l appe R.r ed , more t han 100 oy owit ne ss o.ccoun t s h ad 1:,., f _ obta ined b y i ts dir ecto r thr ou15h p or s onal i n t er views . An unu sua lly h i gh p ,.!. ce ntage of the r e por ts came from milit o.ry pe r s onnel (waiti ng out u n de r the, :- r:. for Post Theat e r s to ope n ) , f r om g u a rds and othe r s poc i c.l agen ts a lrea dy c..:!..~. to wa t ch f or anomo.l ous l uminous phenomcn n and fr om ai r pla ne pi l ot s , contr .:::, towe r men a n d oilw 0ll wor ke r s worki ng on the l a t e) o.ftE;r noon t o m i dni gh t s :n f 1 ,. 2 . On Feb r u ar y 1st , l\ s ta ff C[,r was pkcc d a.t t he wri t e r ' s dis p(•sal by Hajor Williom Godso e of t he Fourt h Ar.my tend a f i e l d s u rve y we.s begun of Gli.c. r egion in New Mexico and Te xa s i n ·whi ch the ma j o r i ty of t he obs e rve r I s r c;':>u.C , .. ing the f al l l i ved. This s urvey , ca rri ed out uml or u nusu o.lly s 0ver e ·wo'lt. '1er condi t ions , i nc l ud ed vi .si t s to the fo llowi ng l oca.liti os : Mor iar t y ,. Est,~nc L Vau ghn, Ramon , Mes a , Roswel l, Co.prock , Ta tum ::md other towns in New L::c xic c; ; o.nd Lame sa , Brownfi e ld , Pl a i n s , Lubbo cl<;, ''.'lulc s h oe and othe r tovms i n Te xa.s ( Seve r al of t hos ,:; towns w 0 r tJ v± site d t ·wo or mor e time s . ) At Roswe ll , whe ~o ve r y e f f e cti vc c oope r a tion wa s provide d b y tho OSI group o.t Wo.lke r ,'l.ir Bas-.: und e r Lt Paul Ryan , o.nd t ho local CAP unit unde r Lt H. K. Cobcan , Spcci o.l Agen t Bil l Rick e t w a s a dded to t he surve y p a rty :;,.nd g;a.v o m uch o. id i n l e.to, : wor k . At Lame s a , 'fexa s , tho g r ound sur vey par ty wo.s joine d by a n o.ir s ea:::- i. party consisti ng of Majo r Cho.r l e s Phi l lips , USAF, Ca ptai n Melvin E. t:a ef a:ic. Spe c i a l Agen t J a ck L . Boling, f r om tho 17t h D istrict OSI off ice u t Ki:- +,l "::::. i Fie ld , and Cor po r a l Coch r an . On Febru a ry 4th , t ho f ou r person s j ust n ".med :.-:l.,; • a low-leve l air r e connaiss a nce missi on i n a T - 11 a ircr a ft ove r t h e i.r c a sur •• r ound i ng t h e e a r th- point of the f i r obn \ 1 of J::.nuD.r y 30th . k t tho sc:rr.e b i~ a s econd gr ound survey pa rty unde r Lt Pau l Ry'.m made o. co.r e ful f i e l d S(..'.l r c.h a l ong o. r oute e xtendi n g f'r om La.mesa. t h r ou gh Amhe r st, Te xa.s , t o Clovi. }; . ;Jo~· _ NW 91526
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Source text · mention only....,......- ..... s 3 . As a r e su l t of tho gr ou nd and a i r s0ur cho s r e f 0r r0d to ubovo , and of a n a nal y sis of tho v e ry lur ge amount of i n f ormo.t i on ob t :.:.i nc d from oy owi t nc.s s ;s by pe rs onal i nt or vic,v s , by te l ephon e:: c on'TGrs [\t i ons and by l e t t 0r , i t has now (thr ee weeks a fte r the f u l l ) be come cloo.r tha t s oV..)r a l thousand p e rsons i n New l1exico e.nd T0xo.s s aw this gr eat fi r e bal l l ei su r e ly trf'.ve rsc t h o s ky . I t ha s b een possi b l e to d e t e rmi ne t hat t ho Je.nua r y 3 0th f ire ball be came v i .s ibl : 0 at a n altitud e of ap proxima t e l y t welve mil e s ove r a p oint ut l ati t ud0 Z.t: ' longitud e 102° 5 ', and disap peared a t cm a l titude of upp r ox ima t ol y o i r_:rt nu: OV(,r et poi nt nt l a titu de 32° 4 8 1, l ongitude 10 2° 22 ' , ._\f t c r trave rsi n g a nea rly ho riz onta l p a t h ap proximat e l y 143 miles l ong at et vel oci ty o f from .• , t o f ourt een mile s pe r s e cond . Althou gh tho Janua r y 30th fi r 8ba l l mu s t ba ~ ' '• among t h e bri git c st obs e r ved i n the l as t q uartor - cent ury , and i n s pit o o :: ~', f a ct t hat its r eal path lay clos e r t o t he t=J a rth thr oughou t i ts onti r o c xt v t han any ,othe r met eorit o pa t h o f which the wr i t e r h e.s know l ed r o ( exc eptint t ho anomalous gr ee n fir obo.lls o f De cembe r 12th and 20th , 1948) , t he mvt e,)r ~·, dc t ona ti ons and l ong c ont i nuod r umblin gs which without e xce pti on a cc ompan: l a r ge moteori t e f a lls w e r e n ot obs e r ve d on J u.nu!:',ry 30th by o.nyonv i n thoJ v ~- • l ~r ge r egi on cove r e d by t h e'""'vnr i ous gr ound s ur veys . Howuva r, what may h~v~ been Udden n oi s e s ( anoma l ous whizzi n g, c.nd hi ssi n g s ounds fre que n tly r ,::por ·c" , by v e r y d i s t ant obs e rve rs as ho.vi n g b een hoe.rd at the S [t."110 t i me t hat ::-. mo-l;J ) ritic fir e bo.11 vras s eon ) w e re he ·ird a t Roswo ll, N ,nv 1'.Texico , and no~-r Hulof't1 Te xa s . 1 . In a dditi on to t he ctbse nc o of noise anomo.ly r ef e r red t o i n tho l ·\s ·..; pa r agr aph , the f ire ba ll of Janua ry 30th , 1949 , sh.-:rns seve r a l othe r f ea.tur es ( e . g . near ly horizontal path , abs en ce of l oni; e ndurint; lumi nous tra i n o r <tu ;. • clouds , Nor t h to South dir e c t i on , e tc) ci1::1.r a cte ris t ic of _the g r een fi r e ba:i.J ~ earli e r describ e d in t h is se r ie s o f r e po rts . Howeve r , tho Janua ry 30th fj_r ,,. ba ll was much b r i ;ht 0r t h an any of t ho s e earli e r r oporte d o.nd dif f e r e d f r o,,, , . othe r gr een f i r e balls in t hat many _of t he Te xa s obs e r ve rs vrho wer e sit ua t e.;, ' n 0a.r est its p a th r epo rted its col or e.s blue , or arige , r od o.nd ovan pur plE; , l'!. stead o f g reen ~ 5. Up t o t he pre s Emt t ime (Fe br u a ry 21st) , no eviden c e what c v ..:r st.p pc· .:..:.• the be lief t hat s olid fragmen t s f e ll t o oa rth f r om t l-).e J unuc. ry 30th fi r ebr-.1.·· he.s b een di s cove r ed . Howeve r , r,s pr omptl y o.s poss i b l e , a muc h m or e thor ou "'l-i gr ound s e arch s hou l d b ..,; ma de in the probable a r ea of f nll a.s outl i ned by t u. earlie r survey s , f or , in my opini on , t he fir qba l l of J a nun ry 30th i s the en::.:, one of the anoma l ous lumi nous obje cts und --; r i nves tig1>.ti on wh ich g;i vc s uny :l 1 • ca tion of havi ng b..,;eu a met eoritv £~11 , 6 . With th e pr e s e nt repo rt, t he wr ite r ' s pa r ticipc.tion i n the O SI' s i :r vo sti 6a.tion o f the pu zzli ng fi r eba ll ques tion m u st, to his r ogr 0t , t -,rmi nc,t ; Duri ng t he t i me I wa s on l oo.ve o f abs en ce fr om t he Uni v:::rsi ty of r[;Jw :Jt xi.:--o , wa s ;;l ad t o donat e my time e,.nd s c r v:i:ce s to this inv-..·s tiEo.t i on . Now t }.:--,t I .'.!'· aga i n serving a s Hea d of the Dupa.rtm cnt of i,h'..th0mntic s ,vith u f u 11 tirric t E: -~-.:.,, , l oad , i t i s imposs ible f or m o t o co,1t i ::1uc coope r a tin g wi th t he OSI. LINCOU,J La.PAZ Head of De pt of ,.rath ematic s • NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlyo p .,-... i INCIDENTS OF 17 FEBHULP..Y AUD 27 .:..LHCi-I: In each r;f t;rn.. se in cir,o :-1 ts t he foll. )wing 'lesc: ripti-:" !1 ar,pl i es : a . Col e r c . C,i,, sis t ency _- :.pp::-.rcntly s t• ii-l. , but f:i.:;i;d 1_)le , Di.('! "="'c "l'"ap.: r r) r sm-c~1,ce ·cr 0 ~ J.. d . Lurni n c,sity ;1.pps;;.rad tc ::>e sel f .. lum:i.11ous _. ::.net the ra ry:i.r. ·: ·,···,l • of fligh t :,.r_c!. c.'w.q ;·1s c,f pc s :..i:J::.on 0:1.u ss.'C ac r,}n1- c: ~ eithe r a.cgr~e ;:,r c o1or o-f emi ttr:cl lip:'rc- , 0 . Flii_;ht - Both 1'b.jccts per f·vnned""•n. rious..,mru:ieuvo:rs -, _c ::,n~is1 iui-; (•? clim!)ir~l~ u•,d divin f , with turni i:1g mov-,.,mi:.'Il·:;:; . ,_ h . Loc 2ti 0n - 1'ha 1'7 Febr·.,c.rJ incic'l-1 :-t w::-.s ) '.;ser":'cd - fr::m th« a.t·,,,:·. J~lbvq ·..1E::ryu0 ~ H,.:;w ,.it· :>.:i..00. T!,c 27 :{~.i:•ch ,)t,n r ,R:t;i 11uf. ·-:; m.r~de f r ~m ti10 Tt~ c·~!rrH~£tr i - C! l c;ri ~ ar J·'.. . i . Cou::-so - The 17 Fcb;:-u13-.-y ob jer,t _e.ppearod t ,J mov J f r r;rrc \✓t;.; s·0 ·;,, ..:.,f'.: • thRt o f 27 L,.l- ·•':l: :tr (m ea.s,..t-- t 0 wost . k . Remarks In tiacl, cn s e , repo rts. indi c ate.d tht. t. the -- .:j_t>-~;·i. !" :· _r, rf,,;. r-s ound co r nar-s' i n..._itexti..c:;i;l , ma.nou~ r.s= .rath e1.· t 'l,,n :3·:1 . • • ,, a r.-.iund e:s- w6u,li o. r ftirt o!Jject • . I n ne ithe r c. lS<'' di:i i r.vesti--[•a :t::i:~;.,;_-i;rc~d~ 6-!lY. evid.cn g.e c.f u. j c t --p:-op3l '.-;,c. C'-r:d't L1 the a r ~a ... Gbserv .e~Jn~ e ~~b...c:J.se .._.,.c-I·e fr,t,:vi whoss c~.-Q.i..J.ity- i~. f\.D.Qve--,...a.v;,~~~-.,.-.., NOTE 6 NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlyINCIDENT OF 8 UARCH 1949 : This i n ci dent was r eported b y an AESS Ins}? e ctor en du ty at Les A.lam--s . The ob j ect - appeared t o be c.n elipti ca l , rathe r stubby , a luminum body sur- r e>unded or c ove r ed with bil l owy fl a.--ne. Tha r e may have been proj e cti ons s i milar t o stubby cor!tro l surfaces and wings , but t he obse rve r C L.ul c:, 'K•t be sure o f this . Tha obs erver described the cb j ect as l ookin g r at he r li 1 , . the pa rt of a war time German air plane f r om the c ockpit aft . It di sapp c .: .' . behind the cl ouds . The po.th was sligh tly ·les cunding ; there was n o n c if e. J I • NOTE 7 NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlyI /l, HEADQUARTERS . SANDIA B ASE 797 ALBUQUERQUE . NEW MEXICO MAR 3119~ : REFER TO FILE No. SBID/1 SUBJ:IDT: Unident i fied Fl ying Objects TO: The Chie f Armed Forces Special Weapons Project P. o. Box 2610 Washington 25 , D. C • .ATTENTION: Chief , Intelligence & Security Di vis i on ;> 1 . Reference is made to letter this Headquarters , file SBID/1 , dated 31 December 1948 , subject as above . 2. Inclosed her ewith are three (3) summaries of information from Fourth Af'mY, dated 16 March , 18 Karch , and 24 l.iarch )i949 , dealin g ~~th the ·reports of unidentified lights appearing in the vicin i ty of Camp Hood , Texas. 3 . A conference was held at l.os .Alamos on 16 February 1949, to consider the unnatural phenomena that have been reported . Commander Richard l.1andelkorn represented this Headquarters at this conference . His report of this conference as well e.s a_transcript of the minutes of the confere nc e are attached hereto . 4 . It is reques t ed that these inclosure s be returne d to this Headquarters for file , after they have served their purpose , inasmuch as t hey are the only copies on hand . FCR THS COMMANDING GENERAL: 5 Incls: 1. 1:emo, 18 Feb . 49 (SBRD- 0- 2173) 2 . sum. of Info , 24 Ear 49 w/ske tch 3. Sum of Info , 18 ,..ar 49 w/ sketch 4 . Ltr 17 Lar 49 (HQ.S- 4th 55? 7) w/4 Incls 5. AEC Ltr 22 Illar 49 (in dup) w/Incl ( HILL-5577) Distribution : l A & 2A - Addressee ./' 3A - I~ File 4,.: & 5A - Cl Doc Lib NW 91526
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Source text · mention only(. I I cop1 s, Scr.c 18 Fobrua.ry l94S REPORT OF TRIP TO LOO AJ.AMOS, NEW MEXICO,. 16 FEBRUARY 1949,. BY C<ldMA.NDER RICHARD s. MANDELKORN,. u.s.N •• RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION,. SANDIA BASE. Subject, Project "Grudge 11 • 1. On .L6 February,. a conference was held at Los Ala.mos to consider the so-called green fireball phenomena which comnenced about 5 December 1948. The followring were present: For Los Ala.moss Mr. N. E. Bradbury Mr. Marshall Holloway Mr. Fred Reines Mr. John Manley Mr. Edward Teller Mr. Elmo Morgan (AEC) Mr. Sidney Neuber~er (Security) Mr. Maxwell (AESS) Mr. Hoyt For the Fourth Army: DEClASSiflEOMajor William A. Godsoe Major Wynn For the u. s. Air Force: Captain Neef For the University of New Mexico: Dr. Lincoln La.Paz For Sandia Bases Commander Richard Mandelkorn i. Captain Neef opened the meeting by saying that the problem was being presented to Loa Alamos scientists in hopes that they would be able / to indicate some mode of attack on the problem and offer some explana tions for the phenomena observed. He stated that this question had been classified military SECRET under the name,. Project "Grudge",. and that the investigation was now the primary responsibility of USAF,. Air Materiel Command,. T-i. He then turned over the discussion to Dr. La.Paz. NW 91526
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Source text · mention only- """'!!!!11;:::::ss--C::::::::-=:::;;-~1 _:, I I Report of Trip to Los Alamos. 16 Feb 49 (Cont.) 18 February 1949 3. Dr. LaPu stated t:tat he had been assisting the Military for the past two months at their request in the investigation of tho subject problem. and want on with the general discussion of phenomena attending normal meteorite fall. postulating the following important character• istics s a. Random path of fall . b. Color and intensity variations in l ight emitted. o. Sound. d. Frightened animal s . 4. Dr. LaPaz then went on to discuss the number of observers re porting the subject phenomena and the diversity or their backgrounds• including commercial airlines' pilots, military pilots. special intelligence agents. Los Alamos personnel (Mr. Hoyt). e.nd himself, as well as various and sundry previously uninformed citizens. 5. Dr. LaPaz then described the "Starvation Peak Incident" which he observed himself• detailing the following characteristics which indicate that the phmomenon can not be classified as a normal meteorite falls a. Initial bright light (no period of intensity increase} and constant intenRity during the duration of the phenomenon. b. Yellow-green color (about 6,200 angstroms). c. Essentially horizontal path. d. Trajectory tra.versed at constant angular veloc ity. e. Duration about two seconds. r. No accompanying noise. 6. Since about 5 December 1948. there have been more than ten in cidents analogous to the "green fireball" described, and some twehty more presenting minor deviations to the above. which should be oonsiderod in connection with them. In addition. there have been a number of normal shooting stars and meteors observed. 7. There ensued a general discussion in which it was brought up that the majority of the observers whose reports were here under consideration were not subject to previous psychological infiuences or prior knowledge as to what they should look for. Furtherr.iore. •seeing .. conditions for meteor observation throughout the continental United States were at least NW 91526
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Source text · mention only• (I Report of Trip to Los Alamos., 16 Feb 49 (Cont.) 18 Febr1:1ary 1949 average during December., January., and February., yet no green fireballs have been reported in any other areas. They seem.ad to be confined to the Los Alamos, Las Vegas., and Vlest Texas triangle. 8. Mr. Teller then took over the discussion and showed that a material object travelling with the velocity of the subject phenomenon (about eight miles per second) would have to have a mass of about twenty grams, assuming all the kinetic energy could be converted to light, under the assumption that the light output is in the vicinity of 10 ergs per second. He then went on to show that the shock wave produced by the passage of an object or these dimensions or greater passing through the atmosphere at a height of eight to ton miles (the observer fi£ures) with a velocity of eight miles per second would produce a loud noise easily audible ten kilometers from the source. No sound has been observed. Therefore, Mr. Teller has the tentative opinion they are not material objects passing through the air. We should look to electronios and optics for an explanation rather than in the field of hydrodynamics. In any event., it was apparently agreed by those present that it -was almost incredible that a large object such as a guided missile or informer vehicle could pass through the atmosphere at a height of eight miles at a velocity of seven to eight miles per second without producing a loud noise wnich would have been audible to observers. Mr. Bradbury demurred so far as the electronic explanation was concerned, saying if it were assumed that the answer lay in t hat region, many more difficult problems would have to be solved. 9. The following aotion seems in order: a . Recalculation of the data outlined by Mr. Teller with a more accurate treatment to verify his tentative conclusions. b. The establishment of woll-equipped and organized observation stations to give as thorough photometric and photographic coverage as is possible in the geographic area involved. c. Assuming that Mr. Teller's theories are borne out by re calculation, declassification of the .Project to permit participation and thinking by scientists tnroughout tho country. 10. Dr. Le.Paz and Captain Neef have fruitlessly attempted to obtain information from a ?ll8teorite observers' group now at Vlhite Sands, said to be performing work under contraot for the Navy. Commander Mandelkorn offered to assist them in their endeavor to enlist the servicos of the group for observntions in connection with Project "Grudge". 11. Conclusions It is my belief that these phenomena, •particularly if there are any further incidents., a.re deserving of serious consideration •See next page. NW 91526
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Source text · mention only• ( Report of Trip to Los Alamos, 16 Feb 49 (Cont.) 18 Febr~ary 1949 until their source and meaning have been sntiefactorily explained. Although Mr. Teller's discussion tends to disprove the hypothesis that guided missiles or informer vehicles are responsible, thero is cause for concern of the continued occurrences of unexplainable phenomena of this nature in the vicinity of sensitive installations. •Captain Neef reports blue fireball visible from Sandia at 0530, 17 February 1949, end a yellow-orange cigar-shaped light at 1759, visible until 1806, 17 Fobruary. /s/ Richard Manaelkorn RICHARD UANDELKORN, Commander, U.S.N. Copy Furnisheds Fourth Army, G-2 -- Major Willio.m A. Godsoe (2) USAF -- Captain Neef USAF FOFAE -- Brig. Gen. Howard G. Bunker Distribution: Series B. Copy 1 -- Security and Intelligence Division, Sandia Base. NW 91526 - 4 -
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Source text · mention only. . .. DATE PREPARING OFFICE SUBJECT OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATl ilN: COMPLETELY REllABLE . • •• A CONFIRMED BY, OTHER SOURCES . . I USUALLY RELIABLE . . . • • • • 8 PROBABLY TRUE . . . . • . . • ZtJ!rasual Lights FAIRLY RELIABLE . . • •••• C l'OSSIBLY TRUE . . . . • . . . 3 452.1 AD.DB NOT USUALLY RELIABLE • • • • • D DOUBTFULLY TRUE . . . . . • • 4 UNRELIABLE . . . . • • • • • E I MPROBABLE • . . . . . . . . 5 RWABILITY UNKNOWN . . . . • F TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED . . . . 6 SUMMARY OF INFOftMATION The following int0l"llat1on baa been reoe1Ted in a report from tbe Otfioe ot . the AC of ; a-2, Headquarters 2d Armorec1 Divia1on, Ceap Hood, Tema1 On 1ai947 March 1949, tour unidentitled lights appeared in tbo T101nit7 of 915.26 • 855. 19, the li&bte not1oed at tbio ti1:1• were .three yellow and one red. A patrol ot ltilleen Bo.se, 1n the •Q• Area not1oed two ot tbeae ll&bta. A patrol locate4 on Croamlle Mountain, which consisted ot tour enlisted men or the Aler1J Foroa saw tour •. Icmediate lmeetiption 1n tbe pneral area railed to reveal a'lf7 cause or ~bing whioh would indicate that aoma J"ireon or tbbg had been in tba area. (B-J) (... Exhibit I, Poat 11) A~ 18{ch> March 1949, another 79Uow light•• seen 1n tbl approx.1.aaate viof.nity ot 910.41 - 855. 10. 'lbie ligb.'b was repo~ eeen b7 onl,1' oni, man. 1'b9re •• no indication from reporta tbat. :these lights were moving, tbare •• no notoe, and tbe peraons reporting were unable to make an eetilllate ot the beie}lt . (B-3) (see Exhibit I, Point 2) .lt v/i.947 March 1949, what appeared tQ be blinking 11gbta appaare4 1n· tba d0Wt7 or the Rook Quarr7, located at 905.82 • 855. 61. Imeat1gat1on by tha Alert Force and patrol.9 ot gUJ.een Base f'ail.ed to re-nal any- cause or person in that general area. Again at J.81955 l\larcb 1949, lights were seen 1n thie general aft& . (D-3) (aeo Exhibit I, PolAt #3) At 19':xu.s March 1949, blinking l1gbta were eeen in the 8all8 general area 90S. 82 - 855.61. InTaat1ga:t1on tailed to 1"'8wal tbe cause or these lights. All o~ t.ba llghta which appenred in tbe proxblttr ot 905. 82 • 855.61 were e•n by patrols located 1n tb9 •Q• Area and were eeen t'.rom i:ointa between 910 • .20 - 85,.36 am 905. 44 - sss.u. cs-,> (.,.. &1cblb1t 1, Point fJ4) Oaptaia Eorace MoCullocb, Headquartere 2d Areorec! 1>1da1on, and Mr. Bayacmd Soblidieke, Special A.gent, Killeen &ae, epent sneral boure 1roCl an observation point located in the • • Area la an att.lllpt to eee tbeee bl1nk1ng llghtat. DISTRIBUTION nx as _,, OSAJ co, AI:C, 1gbt-Patteraon AFBJ co, Sandia Base; rBI SantexJ ~x, nrtland il'BJ ru.. , wo ·AGOFORII 568 NW 91526
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Source text · mention only.,. . .,, FINFORMATION roh 1949 pdfflcemo t the AC ot s. G-2. B dquarter■ Fourth Amy. Fort Houston . Tua• CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATIONSUBJECT OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION : COMPLETELY RELIABLE . . . • A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES . . 1UIUSUAL LICl!TS USUALLY RELIABLE . . . • . • • B PROBABLY TRUE . . . . . . . . 2 (452. 1 AlCADB) FAIRLY RELIABLE . . . . • • • C POSSIBLY TRUE . . . . . . . . 3 NOT USUALLY RELIABLE . • • • . D DOUBTFULLY TRUE . . . . . . . 4 UNRELIABLE . . . . . . . . . E IMPROBABLE . . . . . . . . . 5 RELIABILITY UNKNOWN . . • . . F TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED . . . . 6 SUMMARY OF INFORMIITJOII light moving "Ughta• appeared in the atmoaphen over or in the 'rlcini t7 ot the "Q" area . AFSU. Camp Hood. Tua• • on -th• evening ot 17 Karch 1949. At the t of these sightings . the alert gm.rd ot the 2nd Armored Division. under the Aa ■i ■ tant AO 01' s. G-2 of Camp Hood. waa in the area oonoemed and prepared to tire fl res and record instrument rea a ot ele-n.tion and azimuth . !he purpoae •• to oheck the ponrs of observation of obseMff■ who had previou■ ly reported the phenomena observed on 6-7-8 llaroh 1949 d heretofor reported in Sumnary of Intormatian . thia headquarte r■ • dated 17 Ila.rah 1949. 1ubjeot1 "Unuaual Li ta . " Howeffr. baton thia peration oould be begun . the aerie ■ ot 8 \Dlusual "lighta" appeare Ooordinat of light■ and time of sighting toll I Ooordinatea TiM 910.40 - 855 . . .14 1952 910.39 - 860.13 1958 ::, . OECLASSW[O 910.42 - 860.14 19.58 910.38 - 860.15 2000 910.32 - 855.20 2000 6. 910.30 - 855.17 2010 910.36 - 855.06 ~ e. 910.37 - 855.35 2152 Ooordimtes nre baaed on dual sightings ot ach light by aighta on tanka •ot obaernrs . T:lm • olooked at in■ tant of sighting . Captain JloOullougb . the AHi■tant G-e. personally observed three of the light■ • Hlysioal character i1tio■ of tile•• "light•" were reported as "quite different" fr thoae reported on 7-8 Ma.rob 1949. One burst into a green cluater . One •• reddi•h • anoth r white . One obsener deacribed 1cme ot them a1 similar to Very Pistol flares . 1le thia phenomena •occurring . a security detachment frm. the "Q" ar arri d 1n the vioinity _ot the alert crew frm. the 2nd Armored Diviaion . DISTRIBUTION u . • • GOH'.I.NIIICNT P ■ UtT IN& or,1cE 16--683 ..1 NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlyPREPARING OFFICE ttioe ot tu A CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATIONSUBJECT OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION: vaJSUAL LIGB!I COMPLETELY RELIABLE . • • • A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES . . I USUALLY RELIABLE . . . • • • • B PRO~ABLY TRUE . . . . . . . . 2 FAIRLY RELIABLE . . . • •• • C POSSIBLY TRUE . . . . . . •. . 3 (452.1 ilADI ) NOT USUALLY RELIABLE . . • • • D DOUBTFULLY TRUE . . . . . . . 4 UNRELIABLE . . . . . . • • . E IMPROBABLE . . . . . . 5 RUIABILITY UN KNOWN . . F TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED . SUMMARY OF INFORMATION ft -.. :thjJl dninwaed that no one iii tu •Q• area wa■ 1po.uib l • for the ,~. •Q• area th.a wnt on al ert atatua . Ordnanoe oheok baa 1ho'im that nothing iJt. tu y et pyrowehm• m all• ha■ bNJl 1ana4 or uae4 in aontu . Ilnw~tioa of whole ana by" pielm4 vna 1• being •- and acldi tio• l report■ will be rtilidencl. u 1D the -■• ot the 6-7!'!'8 ».roh •11gh'ta . • tho•• ot ~ 17th 9braokn" 1m8 •Q• an&e 0. gl'Oup of 3 lighta being Jforth ot the ana and em group of 5 11 :ta ju■t South of the ana . Over lay ~ loeatiou i ■ atta• cle (.axHIBI T I) hdera l Bare&u of Ime ■tigatio~ San Antom.o. taa■ • Oftioe of Bt.w.l Inte W geDN. San. Antomo . Tua• • h&Te beu. notif i •cl• Direotor of Inte l lig•noe 1 Air Mt.t•rl.• 1 Oamnan4; Ottioe ot Speoia l In:ri1tig&tiou . 11rt~ Ur Foroe Bl.H J and uaaa.n~ Generai . Sandia Ba.••• are on distribution of thia Summary. DISTRI BUTIOII PII , SantexJ on, Sante:i: 1 DI, GSUSAJ oo. AllOJ OSI, ltirtla.nd UBJ 00, 8aDd1& le WD U, I , ~YQNIIIUT ... INTINCi Ol'FICI: 10--633sf0-15 6 8 ·AGO FORM 1 JUN 47 NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlySUMMARY OF INFORMATION DAT£ 16 March 1949 PREPARING OFFICE Oti"ioe ot the AC ~ s. o-2. Hoadquartor■ V· urtb A:r,q. Fort Saa Rouston . 'l'aaa SUBJECT CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION OF SOURCE: OF INFOR MATION: COMPLETELY RELIABLE . , • • A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES . . I tlnuiWLl Lif#lta USUALLY RELIABLE . . • • • • • B PROBABLY TRUE . . . . . • . 2 FAIRLY RELIABLE . . • • • • • C POSSIBLY TRUE . • • . • • . . 3 NOT USUALLY RELIABLE . . • • • D DOUBTFULLY TRUE . • • • • • . 4 UNRELIABLE . . . • . E · IMPROBABLE . . . . • . • 5 RELIABILITY UNKNOWN . . . . . F T RUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED . . . . 6 452•1 AD.DD SUMMARY OF IJIFORMATION FoliOWlzl.g ia an interia ~ pred.ioated on requ4tat ~ ~ J'ourt.h /U'r!q Uaiaon Ottioer at Se.nclia Ba•• tor thl■ boadqunrtier■ to 1nw■titnte and report on •.tireball• pbenaaona reported to the Comuend1ng General, Se.ndia Ba••• by AJ'SWP inatallatian at ~ Hood. Taaa. neport 1tated that ■noral a1ght1nga 0£ unuaual "li t" pbencnea& in the atmoaplwre abow Site Baker (Q Ana) bad bNn -.de by nourity pencmnol there du.rin g the pffiod 6 - 8 llarah l~• . AT CA14P BOOD. it•• d8termined that this type of phen<DeDIL. hitherto unnpo 1"l'Cllia the camp Hood Ana. baa the acune general cbar&oteriat1oa of th• phenanam. obaened during the past NWral montiut ail Sandia Ba•• • Beoauae obae"'8ra wore in d11'torent looationa and &Cllle wre not certain aa to time • 1.t i• poaa1bl• tbat obeonation report.eel within the IIIUlll9 hour on 'the aama date are da.tplioationa . I't should be noted tba't none ot thO obaenen had been 1.natruoted to look for or report a.ey sort ot atmo■pberlo phenanem, . AU stated wit.bout •quivooationa the.ii they bad 118'V8r before MCL an.,-thin r; resembling the report.ad phona:iuma. All cl,aSmed to have aeon "falling stare" nearly ewry ni{jht on the Camp Hood Reeerw.tianJ but all were aq,hatio 1n atatlDg tha~ this phencaena w.a qu1te dU'feront . All men were inter-ropted oepo.re.tely and had no adw.noo notice thnt they would be qmstioned . ·At'ter the interrogation they wre taken to tho apot where the obeena.ti0ll8 had baa naae. ~- points 1'8re ntnbered s.nd then plotted on aap. camp Hood and vio1n1ty • 1/62 500 191"• Owrlaya haw been made am a cop;y 1• hereto attaohed e The obooner waa thon told to ala a eurt"8yin g inatnanezrt . brou ~t along fo-r tho p urpose . a-t the oelesticl. points of origin and or teminatioo ot the pbsncaom.. Vertical angles and cacnetlo aaim\l't:h ot each point was then reoortt.cl . In moat cases . th9 obaerftr w.e a le t o .tlz aa1nnttha by acne terrain teaturea . Vertioal anglaa ware of ooune ostimated exoept ,m•re elewttona ot obaenationa e101noidad With rid(;e Oil tree lines . Obaenatians on 6 llaroh 191.St 1 . Praa observation point '6 (aN attaohed cmtrlay) • • Looatio.u o£ po1nta 909. 7 - 657 . 5, Tlae1 2100 how-.1. b. •tmlra 0Teroaa t ( ■N attached 119&tber report) . o. tne•••• Sgt Ruben J . Viokery, AP '4932926 lat Provost Security Sq lilleen Ba.• · Camp Hood. raaa Plo Jolm c. RaneClll.LAP 152528141ft Provost Seourivy 8 DISTRJBUTIOH ·AGO FORM 56aWO 1 JUN 47 NW 91526
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Source text · mention only(U) ....,._, ThU obternr 1D mlk ~and el.Matlcm Hen ~:Uk• this anena. ore. 2 . J'na obffn&t1on point (aee attnabed owrlay) . a . U>ont1onr 915.1 - 6,6. lJ f1m6 r OU5 • 01,0 houra . la. thor1 Cl.ear (ne attaolwd weather ~ol"t). • • tne■■ t pyt Paul c. emnt. us~ 1,2n4 AID. cc.p,,19 A c-p • f'naa a. Objeot ai~tcd, :Umber, 1 Shape. Like tli.-11 bulb :31a•a Baaketball color, lrS.gb.t bl~te 8pee4a one Di.Notion, B 16° ff euwrab111~• llone••.fixod .fl,qh Alti:tum, '!7° ,O• a.bow horUoa somiaa llam am.uat tn.ilt Ii'one. 3. Pim obsenatian point 45 (... •ttaobecl owrky) . a . LDoatio1u 9~.6 - 656.71 timot Ol~ • 0200 houra . b. n.tner, Clear (... attaob.ed 1N&t.her report) . o. tnea..11 Pit :Franoeaca (r.MI) Lenal'do. us !m,75QJ..o ~d AID, 00!JlpAny A . ca::ap Hood. tama M Savino • Dlp, US 57175036 t,2na AID, ~A Ca.~ S ood, tea.a ct. Objeot atr,iteas tbiber:, 1 Shape a n,.11 11b flash s1.., Lia l'l&lih bulb Color, luiah lihite NW 91526
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Source text · mention only~· lot laiotm ~-• 820°W ~wn.blUt)?t ll~cl tllish .lltitudea 260 &bO'ft hori&Oll Sound• Honii lllhauat trail• Kcmt 4. Pr.a obaerw.tion point ~ (N• attaobed o--..rla7) • • t.ooations 9Q9.0 - 856.9, Timiit 0145 hoW'W. 1:t. W...1:hert Olear (... at-taabed ww.ther l"!l)On). o. taeae, Pfo Ja:a DJ.~ Vanlow, A7 15416997 lat OTon S.ouri t"y Bq c.iap Hood, Tea• l!lm'bera 1 ~* !Ml'dhip • Sise a •About 2 ft by 1 n;• Color, Orange SP"d, a Rot known Dinoticms Jr 600c B ~wrabili"1'1 lJo diena'l.1cm Altituoa 4 when: tint .._-dropped wl"tl•U,t Bound, .... :Blhaut trail, lone ReliarkaJ Witm•• aaid Vii■ nur)lt" dropped wrtioally to ground -.n<l d1•pJ>41&Nd bobind trMa 4inotly ln Lront of h.1m. Inn• "about 2 aeoon&s." ftiail obier,ation po!nt l (He attaohe4 overlay). •• LDoatimu 914. , - 855.7, ~• About 0;1.()3 houra . b. ..._thera Clear (ne attaobea weather Nport}. • • !ffi:bNa PR Qlarlie B. P4,ne. 1 llS 572U002 q2:nd AIB, ~.A Oeap Hood, !ea.a 5 NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlylblibil"I 1 Sna,., Boundi■h head '.W1th haiy moke trail • SiN• Not known \}olor1 Pa le 'Jlt-.ite light o.t boad Speed, fiot known Direot1ona FrOCl S 58° :S to 8 54° 1i ~n.bllityt .Ro dinlation .Utitucwa r011L ,so a.b0ff :nori &Oll to 54o abcmt SO\liMlt ffl>D9 Bxb,a.uat traUc Lett ba&y white amok.-. trail ~•• Ttafflled 1h arQ Md 'risible "long eno\~ to 9,Dap your .i'inceni ." a. l'NIII obHnatiCJ111 point f4 (... at11Lcbed owrlay). •• LOca.tion1 914.6 • 856,71 !rimes tAboat 010,. b. ee:thert Cl-.r (... attaohed wather report), •• mtneau Cpl :wite ~ Siiilli. BA ,87531.,46 Oanp~ A, ~d AID ca.p 1lood, 'tfl&a a. Objeot aight.d.1 lblbert 1 Sha~ a L1N1on m.th -tail Sia• I lot known Colors !>ale reddillh no••• ,m.itieh nd trail 8i,,ei I not known, buil ...ry i'a■t Direotlecu PTaa Jf 56° l1 to S 64° W ~uvorab1UV• l~ deviation Altitude I Frail 15 a ow horiaon at be,si:iming and end uf a.ro . Sounds !(one E:11:baua't trail t lh1tiah l'$d trail Rearka• Good obaoner. Stated -that "light"•~ t'r<a point r..bow horizon then arced upwar4 and dCIIIIIID to 15° when :l1: d18&ppeare4 . Tfae perteot a.ro. R• w.a able to run 10 p,..otta toward tiold telephone to !'!Port lit,ht before l't wniiMd e !bi to~ inoidllnt m.y or -.y not l» oormeoted1 .lt abO\ft 1930 hotir9 on 7 lll\Nh 1~ a 11.aahllght waa eeen oit..ng about the Q Area i"enoe line rwar 'tb9 a.ii" atr!p• It 1 o d not be told by th• ob9et"Wr whethe r the light wu within or 6 NW 91526
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Source text · mention onlywtt.boa t.lie .tem. . Th» Seourlty Oftloer of Gito Bu::er ls lliwati tlng. He ■tat.a 1-h• lJ.dit ,.. not Ni'riecl by u_y or the :AFSUP ~raonnal . lm'lt•tigaUon cont.Sm•■ iJl an ettol"t to determine caun ot the lighu." J.Ait lntomatiOll la that ~ "trip flan• ha-.. bMr2 ut into the ~nl. an& l?)" tJ» 2114 ~Division and that ■ale may ha~ been aet o~f by idld. animal■• Subae ~, •~111dll be renCS.J"N. -.mn nore exuct eY.ldenoe on t l ana :i■ obtaiDN . I~ 1• p~known., owner., that th••• £lane explode on the ,;rou:n4 and do not lthoot into Ute Ur. lo eonolwsion le drawn l"rcm ttie data on a:ttaohed owrlay other 1tian w now ~, :the nllc)'lta" t'orm a l"'Ough olrole about the "Q• A,- . Copy of l'W"flaee --.ther obaenatS.oaa tc,r CIUlp Rooct on the 6, 7, and 8 roh 1949 aN attaohol u a poenblAt alcl li ant.'1918 . rtd.1 NpOr.t oowra cnly &ty houra ■1noe th• 'lJSAJ' • th.er ..,.-.t• at ~ Hood i0l0Ha at l"IQO hour:s Md opona at 0730 bou.r-9. a:EIIIt l - OWrla.7 . 7am: Deetr-oyer 0.nter, camp nooa, Texaa BlHIBlt II- tbv ilepon . 6 llal'Oh 1~.. IJcap Hood, Texa■ BmIBIT III - t1atber Report , 7 llllroh 1~,, (:mi;p Hood, hxu BIBIBXT IY - ther Rel)9d,- 8 !lu-oh 1.91,9, ~ Hood., rexaa ) NW 91526
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