# OCR/chosen page text: DOW-UAP-D017, UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950 ## Page 1 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ HEt\DQUARTEP..S • DETACHMENT D 1100TH 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 arrangements for defense have been made. Final form of the overall alert plan will be sub­ mitted to your headquarters 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 arrival of radio frequency crystals that fit the Milit ary Police net frequency. Short Ti tle -~-:L~-=-~--=---~/_f­ NND 58378 SHORT TI~ f f h B I ## Page 2 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ ,.,., .., - , ~ ' ., o . ..2.::pages, copy / V I . # , series__ ww ~ ..; • 7 April 194.9 SUBJECTs Security Inspection g. Pressure has been exerted to get the Pos t 'Ehgineers to keep the dra.inage system. clear and to take measures to check the ero­ sion. These efforts will be continued but li t tle progress on erosion control can b e expected until the rains diminish. Ditches have been filled, dirt moved and replaced, native gras s es 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 resloping the cuts in order that the rainfall mq be drained with less damaging 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 ## Page 3 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: sparse_text; review: yes_ • SEGRET HEADQUARTERS SANDIA BASE Albuquerque, New Mexico AFSWP CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS LIBRARY Fl LE NO. 45~. S- SUBJECT: ll'T.- ;,J)..o;y ~·o ¥ e:i: NND 58378 ## Page 4 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ 10 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 ·m les 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 principal ly 1n l'lhat are e.pparontl'1 aggregations of finely (ona ..meron) granular material 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 det1nita statel':lcnt is possible about the one heavy copper collention: i t 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 i t included. Las Ve3as , Canonr,1 to , Glorieto. end ecos . Yours vory truly, mx,~ o.ttaobments (2) NND 58378 ## Page 5 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ M - 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 24 1 1949. Impaotment equipment , develop9d in conneation 1a th the sarosol research pro Ject ot the New Mex1 co School 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 11tera per minute , the particles being 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 w1 th an a.dd1tion or rubeanic aeid (dithiooxamide . ) 'l'lus reagent was used to enable identifioation of copper or copper compounds; it also enables 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 copper 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 ## Page 6 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ Page 2 dbension oi" ,the o-rder o~ twnty or thirty .:nicrono. There were no Br:lall partielee, that 1e, no particles 11'1 th n iruuiml1!11 di?DeXUiion below 15 microns . , J'ollmring tho :f'lrat colleotion, ,a dditional 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 particles 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 1h c 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 ## Page 7 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ • ~ ,,.~ ;..=- - tk-a~~ __ '?ABLB ...,.. --- CountG of Copr,er Partieloa ill Colleetiotu, at Socorro - During Per1o4 lul.:y 25 to August l , 1949 (Roduced ~o Particlen per 102 J.itera of' Air) Comr Counts f ' 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 13. s .. NN\i • 9 l 0 4 2 l 2 7- 25 2 Rf .. 17. 5 ,, '1 4 l. l '1 l 0 0 7-26 8~ 35. 5 tn - 9 8 0 ' 0 "' lit "' ft) 0 0 lit 'It "' 0 2 2 7- 26 2 I'}.{ 41. 5 ' - 7 ~ -2 0 - -::> 0 "' "1t lit 'ft • 18 <-22 --> 1 0 0 " 7- 27 7:.30 '11. 0 Im • 8 l 0 0 '7- 27 1:3() PU "' . 77. 0 NR • 6 l 0 0 '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 • 8.3 2 0 l 0 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 6 0 0 0 0 "surt'ace ind recorded by eather Station o.t time nearast collection time . NND 58378 ## Page 8 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ .... 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 s hould 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 indications , 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 particles 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 meteoritic 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 presence or absonoe ot cop­ per :particl es asaod.ated with events or the July 24th type . rartlo l.e collectlon equipment , operating 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 sligh:ta. Provision NND 58378 ## Page 9 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ ...... ..,,,,,, 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 ineludo n itl:. reasonable certainty sO"C!e or the nateriol originating at the neteor 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 :f lie}lt. UOT ADDED 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 a ir 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 ## Page 10 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ •' e Au,..i:rust 17, 1949 '1'0: Colonel 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, 1 t 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 metooritic1ots 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 'Wr1 ter 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 partio1- 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 Develop:iont D1v1 B1on work i.nei- dent to the A.E. O. ' a tek1ns 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 Socorro 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 ## Page 11 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ 10: 00 - 12:00 A. J.1. on .Tul.y 26th. At this eonterenoe it beceme ep:parent that Dr. Crozier wao 1nolln ed 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 replied 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 provatlins in the reg ion 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\1ve 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, i t 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 k p t 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 , there remains the poss1b111 ty- that an 'Qllol:eerved or unreported 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 , 1 t 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 tlis 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 ## Page 12 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ .. b IJ • the time of fall . Sinea we cannot assume co mplete stagnation ot the air rnu,ees 1n the Sooor1"o neiBhborhood tor 145 hours . it must be supposed that such air motions aa occurred were approximately compeuating and resulted in the return ot Dr. Crozier ' 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 w1 th duat oolleotions believed to be ot metoori tic or.lgi n and is attri b- ~ uted to the slower e.nd slower rate ot descent of the particles as their average 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 considerabl 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 northward 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 ~ s t 6th ond J\lly 24th resulted in the dotootion or unu.eual. aggregations 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 ## Page 13 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ .. ... ... • ~ • .. ~ • 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:,eteoritic 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 therefore 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 observing 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,eault -=,ul.d be ot much signiticmoe if not indeed deeisivo. NND 58378 ## Page 14 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ J ~ fit J },· HEADQUARTERS. SANDIA BASE ' 1' (1 'f / r 0 I SBOP/4 3 3 3 , I L - REFER TO FILE NO. ALBUQUERQUE. NEW !'?.~{98 1 \.,.. Tl·H.., NO, ---1--- OF 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: • "Special Weapons Training Facilities at Strat 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 will 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- ,e cerned about thirty (30) days prior to movement of a Special ' Weapons Unit to tha 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 v NND 58378 ## Page 15 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ • THIS DOCUMENT 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 boa rd be empowered to recommend readjust­ ment of movement schedule as circumstances indi cate . FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER : D. H. G1'l.NN .._ LCDR USft Executive Otti,.,.., Di str ibution: la&2a - a ~dressee 2 NND 58378 ## Page 16 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: image_or_scan; review: yes_ 5 8 DEC1949 MOSAC NND 58378 ## Page 17 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ • 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 paragraph 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 receiv:e a copy of subject requests. Inspection will be completed no later than. fifteen (15} days after receipt 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 5pt1f?-tJ-.JtlI Z ~H.OR.1 T1l NND 58378 ## Page 18 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: image_or_scan; review: yes_ 19DEC49 HQSAO 9050 NND 58378 ## Page 19 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ .... l-lEADQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR COMMANb ~- ). ' ('1 .. 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 1nvitod 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 ## Page 20 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ ., DEPARTMENT Of" THE AIR f"ORCE .. I HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON T H E: I N ■ PCCTOR QIENE A: A\. UaAr 1 7TH D I STRICT Of'FI 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: Brigadier 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 eporting t hese observations should be undertaken . The organization and physical location of units of t his Dis­ trict were mo~t suitable for collecting these data , t heref 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 accordance with Air Intelligence Requirements No . 4, and to other interested military and government agencies . 2. The r e is attached . as a part of this summary , a compilation of aerial phenomena sightings that have occurred 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 , airline pilots , military pi lots , L:ls Alamos Security Inspectors , military personne l . and many other persons of various occupations whose reliability is not questioned . This com­ pilati on sets forth the most important c haracte ristics with r espect to each observation and evaluates each sighting into one of thr ee classifi­ cations , (1) green fireball phenomenon , (2) disc or variation, and (3) probably meteor ic . 3. There is a lso attached an analy sis of the green fireba ll occurrences in this area made by Dr. Lincoln IaPaz . Dr . La.Paz is the EO~JFIDE~ JTli\L NW 91526 ## Page 21 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ • eor~FtDEr p i ~ r1 0 o . : • ,-· · ·""": . o cj • :-•: 0 C \J i 0 , r- 1 -:) : E=, . .D : ::.: ti) : :-='i H ... ! ; i ,..; ! ro l ::l ,'., : ':~ G-! i O H O i ! i i 1-< f-, i ;:.! ,L' i O . ! r::'•• ·r-1 ! : • C, i ~3 •rl i:-1 i ~.' i ! :-, Q l j : --:t ~ f~-i . . ) i * o r (.1J"'""~ '' ~ r', •rt c,-1 <;;:-_, o I ; P , rl . :::~<--: ! 0 0 0 r=i.- -!.::, l D O : C• 1 ~-1 i µ.:, J r,1 ; ~: ~ ,!. . ! -.~u'1 ~ -- i t!) i :· -1 .~ a5 : * i 1 15 f.:: t:v c-.~ .: i 's.rc:l j link ~·;1oen i :: , .jLto·;-r ! i i l,r eon i 75 i ' i 3 ca.i· i ve1°y s l O'i/ ! 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NW 91526 ## Page 25 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ CONFIDENTIAL- Summary oe Sightings of Unnown Acrial Pienomen 17h Dictrict 0s cont) Page 3 *Reliability Observers WtqenTeAg** or Vertical Duration of Observation ccurrence Horizontal Disappear- Observers iroction Altitude Train or ieneral JO8 Color Trail Sound bhnpe Date Time aieee 048 Hood River, Flasn w/noise 12 Dec1930 Unk Blue Yes |Flash 17 Orogon white lice thundor 2 2102 VR 15 miles Eto 3-10 Horizontal 2.1- Ball Broke into 3 (1) 13 12Dec 5 Very Hone lagnitude south.of miles bright 2.3 or 4 small Las Vogos green secs fragments. New Mexico Alamos WtoE Great 20to the Pale 1-1/2one Ball Basketballigh speed Disappeared (1 20Dcc20544 R Los Yes 14 Hew liexico height horizon secs behind green or descend- bluish mountain ing... white Descend-Descending Sev. 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' t[!:............. , '. ......... ...................... .L.... . . . . rIl . . .1... ..... .... ... .......... ................. ...................................L~f...~t l ..1.L..... . L.. .. ... . ..................!;.. ................... ..... .... .....-.....-l.......................( ........ ............l ................... . ..............tl...·--·-·· ....... _..........._......I..................... .................. . .... j..•--- ...,! secs 1 50 ! 7 !~ pr 0100! 1 !R Los i..lar1os , ; S t o lT i I Gr een 5 :None ;Hoving j ( 1) j L.,.. ... ...... .J .... .................. ..L .... ........L ...........i ......._ . ....... E ew ...i.~e ;c i c o .......!...._____ ......!............... ........................ ........................................J...................................................,....~.'.?..?..~..............................J J .......................J............. .............. ...._... ~.~.~~:'..~l......................J.................. . ...............................!. ........... ....· NW 91526 ## Page 32 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ FIDENTIAL Page 10 Summary of Sightings of Unknowm Aeria1 Phenomena,l7th District Osi (contd) **Evaluatim *Reliability to Vertical Duration of Observation JO Jqn Occurrence Horizontal lianner of Disappear- [Observers Direction of rlight Train or Apparent Apparent Apparent Aititude Area of Coorsse unqun Color Sound Shape Speed Size ance .. Time Date 1949 1/8 size 150 Extinguished 1) Unk Albuquerque, 200 above White Mone 8 Wone Round in 8 51 12Apr 1930 11 secs of moon Hew Lexico. norizon. secs one Dissipated (2) E1 Paso Straight About 300 Gray- Yes 15 Thin Very thin 52 15Apr 1630 11 |Unk smoke Texas up ish squ trail 1-2None Ball 100 watt Disappeared 53 18Apr01482 IR Flagstaff INW App Green- ish like light bulb behind &Williams, 12,000 secs obstacle Arizona to one. blue 75-100 miles to other observer. (2) 200drop- None 2 None Round, Over 15 Disappeared Cliff,Now 22Apr09051 Unk toE Alum- 54 flat in dia- behind ping inum squ |Mexico thin, meter mountains slowly disc- shape Tremendous Disappeared 2 25-290 White 60 Wone miteSands, Ellip- 55 24Apr10335 IVR soid rate of due to light secs Wew Mexico speed distance yellow Very fast Disappeared 12) None Yes Round Very 56 25Apr302 Unk Springer, 2groups Well Silvery well above from view white grps small New Hexico going above tot- speed of 2 groups 30,000 aling! sound about 20 sec NW 91526 ## Page 33 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unkmown Aerial Phenomena,17th District OsI cont) Page ll *Reliability of Observers **Evaluation to Vertical Duration of Horizontal Observation umber of Observers Occurrence Disappear- Apparent Direction of Flight Manner of Apparent Altitude Train or General Area of Apparent Apparent Number Coorrse Color Trail Sound |Shape poodg Date Size ance 1949 3 Tucson, From US Silver |Cigar 2) 57 |Unk NE to None 12 Wone B-29 300 600 Faded from 1745 Arizona. 40 or sw or sa- toa city mph view nts usage block shape Albuquerque,E to 590 above Blue (1) 58 30Apr22151 Unk None 12 secslione Round Tenth of 2 seconds Ment out Neu Lexico. 20 2 degrees iorizon green moon (83) 69 3 Hay 21431 R Alamos, Sto N 100-150 Bright Los 10 None Very fast New Mexico above white secs up to 1,000 mph horizon light s tol 7one (3) 60 21261 Los Alamos, 100-150 White 3 1 Large Very fast 2143 New Mexico above secs similar 2205 each to size horizon time of air- plane landing lights 3 May 21261 R Los Alamos, 61 ESE to 100-150 2126- 5 secNone 2126-base- Seme speed 2140 NIN above New Mexico white 1st; ball dia- as aircraft 2140- 2 sec landing horizon mond red 2nd lights. 2140- slightly larger than firebox lights OAICIDCNITIAI NW9152611L ## Page 34 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unlmown Aerial Phenomena,l7th District OsI (cont) Page 12 *Reliability Duration of **Evaluation to Vertical Observation Horizontal Observers.. Direction of Flight Manner of Disappear- Apparent Apparent Aititude Train or Apparent Apparent General Area of Course Color rail Shape Speed Sound Size Date Time ance .949 (8) 20401 R 62 Hood, w and N Alterna-None50 None Round dollar Very slow Faded from 6 App 1200 2130 ting diminish- |mts sight Texas dropping to440 pinkish ing to to green short quarter size Los Alamos 50 above (1) 63 6 May 01051 R N toS Mas going Grcen. Frac- None Round App 1/8 Very high Disappeared horizon down at an tion size of rate of west of New Mexico angle of of a. full moon speed Jemez Mts. 3035 sec Covered Dimmed and 83 64 7May 20254 R Camp Hood SE 1300 Green- one40 Wone Dia- 3 mils 15 mond width mils in 2105 Texas white went out shape 40 mins. horiz. Dia- (83 7May 19401 R Camp Hood N and E 1000 Reddish None57 None 3 mils Covered 20 Dimmed and 65 Texas greenish width mils in sec mond went out white shape 57.secs horiz... (8) 8 May 20081 Camp Hood N and E 1600 leddish Ione |Dia- 2 mils 10 mils Dimmed and 66 R None9 2017 Texas greenish mts mond width in 9 mts went ouf white 4000 to None10-20None Climbed at (2) 67 8May 0930 Unk Tucson, 900 Horizontal Thite Metal- 40-75 in otionless 4. then rapid lic in dia- to faster 450angle 1100 Arizona turn to 20000 mts the N climb at circu- meter than jet until out of sight lar NW 91526 ## Page 35 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OsI cont Page 13 **Evaluation *Reliability of Observers to Vertical Duration of Observation Occurrence Horizontal Manner of Disappear- Observers... Direction of Flight Apparent Apparent Altitude hppprery General Area of Course Color Train Sound shnpe Size Speed Time ance Date 1949 App Round 25in 750-1000 Faded from (2) 9May 1 R Tucson, SW to NE Silvery None 6-10 None 68 flat view Arizona secs & diameter mph 1430 Vanished VR Alamogordo, 30or40 White Hone None 12 diameter 69 12 May 21151 above with mins fuzzy of full 2130 New Mexico green- stars moon horizon ish tinge. Hone Round -4in 800-1000 Behind air- (2) 16 May App Tucson, EtoW 5000 Horizontal Black None8-10 3 70 1 Unk Arizona solid diameter IPH craft 1700 secs flat hangar. 2Jun 00401 R Los Alamos, toN 7000' Descending Green Tes 1 sec None Ballof 71 E 10,000 light New Mexico (1) 5one Size of 72 11Jun20571 R Los Alamos S to NE 250 Green Yes 1 then secs star above horizon red at end of flight Round Extinguished 1 20Jun20101 Los Alamos, toE Green None 3 None 73 turned secs New Moxico orange red be- fore va- nishing. Los Alamos, None 1-1/2ono Vanishod as (1) 20Jun20101 Directly Blue 74 tho eting'd. New Mexico overhead green secs CONEIDENTIAIL NW 91526 ## Page 36 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ Su.'llID.2.ry of Sighti n gs of Unknown Ae r ial Phenomena , 17th Distr ict OS I (cont ) Pe.:ge 14 i . ! C;-J , 0 !J'.l . rl ? i S...1 •rl S... ; O r ! ; S:: .p .p o ~ .p (l) j , al O .µ ·rl j , · •H I i ·r-1 S:: .µ j 1 j , " ; : " !: c >--I I H i ·ri .µ ! •. ,.. j l ! H (l) i ,D (l) i i>i tli rl C;-j al O S... © l i s:: •rt bO (l) +> s:: 'U ! ! s:: +' (!) O f.. i l :0 ; 1 0 ro !, ,-! i> i \ : ! ;::; >-< i j ;::; >-< ! • 0 tli ! O ,.;::J •rl i al (!) i S:: ! p... I! i ~E~~=+Js:lL.1.~.-~-~- · ·- ---~--f±ill/J __ fA."ft. -+ J€_···-+-JL~... ·.- ··1 ~j 1. .µ ; "' ; ::, !i'.l . (l) ' r1 © 0 ' n H • P.. '.J , ::, ;., : I : C\l al : , -· , .v ! ,-., w : ,.... ~""'"''11 : 9 ·-l ;::--~ i ;;,~f·~ '<:f.··.·J~§.__l·· 1 · - ---it__! 75 2 4 Jun !1545 /2 iUnk jUe s a , (.1 t o SE ! j4 I:orizon- St e e l • !4 at Non e !Disc F:1ax of ~00 j:'.i'e.d ed fr om l ( 2) 1 • il 630i I 1Ar i zona j2toE t al gr ay : 30 lw/2 !mph /vi ew I W 1 i i ,: iI :.. 3 to lTE l Ve r tical imts l •-" l <> no-e s 1J.-~-b 1'. ' I; l:, ii •1 j4 v e r t i ca l,!,. :1 . at i1 ' ! ; ~~ T:·; J:::·i~t -- ' ~ · _,. J l I l~~~:~:.::~j,~ ::-: t ::: ··--- -----;:~~:~~-1·i·~:~-t::E••.::::·····';~u:: ·:~~:~~~:· •;~:: ::•··1\:i:~: ::;::~ -- •·;;;--1 jE ew !"ez ico i !90° to s t a r . j mts l a r ger 12 mt s , l buildi ng , i J;;:~:·~~- 1 L _J · - ....... J _ _ J____.tl___.L .... . - - __ ] . --- __ f ;:~:: _ _ ---- _ . Ji~i r c:~: I _ _J__ __ .. - --- _ _ . - · ! ! - - - --- __t__ --- ___ I _ _ I. i i I nl29JunJ 201oii Unk !F1a gstaff , !Eto Yl )30°from ., I I ; I !Yellow I . f r on·G ' Eone ! i l None Bull e tt½s i zeof Relative l y jOve r a hill (1) 1 l i ; i ! : j1'- nz onai ! : ' .• rrertic a l . . s hr,ped ?ma 11. a ir ! • - s l ow . ! (2) , ! in !i I 1· ! 1 1 i ! i ' i i ! i i Red be - ! ' iplane , ' 1 ~ 1~~ ::t~ :~:k1:- f~: :~g~= : -- t: ,- --1~~:- - -- •••••. - - - - - • :::---• 1:;o-~: ! ~ - 1 N °':: •~:;~ , J ~;.:~;:d •• J; : ~;~ -~~-~ l~i :~~~:~~~:- ! ~ 1 -~;-I ! l j : ! ; t: i l !! ! b. rizona ! ; 1ab ove I hor i zon !i I gr ey ;I s ecs I 1 11½ d1a- !meter at ll 0 , 000 1 I ior f a ste r j in distance ! ;I: l j 1•' ! 79 i 11 Jul 2110 ! 1 ! Unk iCamp Hoo d , l /W by SW !30° ! Pale lfonej 2 l None ! Ball i 'Iv1ice as ii Such • as i ( 3) i j Texa s , iab ov e r ed s ecs j but l o. r ge as l t1E·n ing off ·I .1 I I I !horizon 'n ot a .evenin ~ \fl ashl i ght ' l ! i1 ! per - lst:,r I ; ' I l 0 ! I feet i' l.................i. ........._..._._ l ......._..... i......~ ..J ....___ _.................·--·..···-·..···....- .......L......- t 1 J : j . ........................i..__..... -....:.._..J.._ __ _ _ _ _.!....._ ___...J.......- ..........i......................1.... ..._..............g.J:.t ~__l e ..........·-·- ········· ........................ _._......._1-.......................-·-·----'- NW 91526 ## Page 37 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ 17th District OSI cont) Page 15 Summary of Sightings *Reliability **Evaluation to Vertical Duration of Observation Occurrence lorizontal Disappear- Number of of Flight Manner of Observers Apparent Apparent Apparent Altitude General Areaof Course Number Color Train Trail Sound Shape Time |ance Date 1949 Yes Round Faded out (1) White 3-5 Size of tos 300 one Unable to 80 28Ju1 120451 Unk Killeen Base, w/tint secs w/tail evening estimate Texas above of blue star horizon green (1) Killeen, NOS 300 Yes #1 atNone Round |Tennis Faded out 81 28Ju122591 |Unk 2pre- Texas domin- 2-3 labove w/tailball horizon ately secs white. #2 at 10 1 had orange 12 glon secs to tail |Mone Round 3 times Killeen, Went out 28Ju122581 Unk N to NT 300 Initial- Mone 15 - 82 like light Texas labove ly blue 20 size even- turning secs ing star horizon white. 2-2 secsFaded out 1) R SE toNW 350 to Climbed in Blue- Yes 2 None |Like 30Ju121351 Camp Hood, 83 white 2 rocket to cover Texas horizon arc tail larc of secs iabout.150 Gradually (3 Unk Camp Hood Predom- Yes 23 None Round Evening Very fast 30Ju122041 SE to S |Straight 84 - w/tail star or faded out Texas above flight los- inately ing alti- white secs planet horizon tude w/blue tint NW 91526 ## Page 38 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ Sumnary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena 17th District OsI cont) Page 16 *Reliability **Evaluation Occurrence to Vertical Observation Horizontal Disappear- Number of Observers. Manner of Apparent Direction of Flight Apparont Aititude Apparent General Area of Course Number Color Shape Speed Date 'ime Sound ance E 1949 6Aug Las Cruces to Bluish 2None Bigger than Disappeared 85 20001 Unk Yes Round (1) 3 New Mexico falling green secs behind star building 20001 JUnk Las Cruces, EtoW to Curve going Reddish App 6"in Disappeared 1(1) 86 6 Aug 3028 Yes 4 -5None Round New Mexico 9040 up then fenblue & secs diameter gradually above in almost Igreen horizon vertical direction 6Aug Alamogordo, 2020 Bright None3 None Exploded 1 87 2000 Unk Vertical to Straight Round size of New Mexico 7035 vertical white secs moon then pieces [flight slight died out above horizon reddish cast. 204to 100off White 2 Large as Disappeared (1) 88 6Aug 20001 |Unk Alamogordo, EtoW None 2005 New Mexico 1207 vertical secs auto spot- behind above light at nuilding arm's horizon length Extremely Disappeared 1) 89 6 Aug 20151 Unk Alamogordo, SW Straight Whitish Yes 1 sec Hone Round Twice size flight app yellow normal ast- behind moun- New Mexico falling twice as 200 verti- (red Itain cal dec- trail) star fast as line falling star. NW 91526 ## Page 39 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ Summary of S i ghtin g s of Unl-:nown Ae ri al Phenomena , 17th District OSI (con t) Pag e 17 • ' • •• !44. 1· %i ! ~ . , .. ~ ~ . . . . . . . . . . .,. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..·-~;..·:·§ ; • I i ~~ 1 ; . l ! ;0 i r i •rl l-< : 0 : ,.o : ell 'ff i ttiO l-< : : ! Ill ! , ,,.o o , H 0> H ro ;:1 , ro (i) , H o ,•rl •rl ; ro 0 s:: ,; 0- (!) i 1-, ro ! ! H 'd ro , s::! ! j .µ tti ; s0 l ·rl Q) ! El oo i P.. P, ; i i s:: oo o (ti •rl Q , µq l* ! i 90 !6 Aug !203011 ;Unk f. l a mo g or do , iN !Constant :~.'fhite /Y e s 11 sec l ione :Round jApp small - ·: Similar t o [Hent out j (1) i ..... ..;-----~-- -- -~ --1- - r-~- ~ e: : : [------- - - L---- - ..1~~~E:ard I ( b 1ui s ~ I i i i -- _j ihE~~d---f !}_~~- -- ~ -- - - -- ---· i- --1 91 : 6Aug :2020[1 [Unk jA l buqu. c rqu.e,1Desc end- l15° jD e scen d ing !Green : :r: one\1 !None JRound /500 vmtt /10° in 1½ !.Diss i pat e d 1 (1) j i! !: ll1ew Hc --- ~~ico i: 11L ! : iI : . :lin 0rr to .1:·above '·., to ee.rth j' : 2 ito : ,..' bulb !s i e cs a·t 2 j l' :i ·~ I~:: i~:J-l~: L:::••~=~s :· i:=:::~ .~ · l1::~~·· 1 r j ! iNcw Mexic o l~:RJ~••··- -1::~ i zo~. {~::~::~ : . io::·:;~ -I i jabove 1line to ver j I I~: : I:!: : : e [ iof fin scr - !faster thanibehind sand [ : :: ~tly ·· -i~~:~;~: : ~-1· ~~ i )I I- i. 93 6 Aur:-t;, 20001• 1 L---r--~--+ ;R !Ala.'TI.o - - - - - - i.. 2000 g.o r do , I - lhoriz:~r~=----{~!~~. i 30° [Long ! I slow II Bl u ish [ Yo s :,.· 1 s e c i)Jon e !,. Round [T [ I !Efa:t 1~~~~~ry i1J of rw,e l! Bur ned out --r--1 1' ( 1) 1'• i,: ! 1 I , • I• • ! . 11 I ;Nev,, Mexico ' !• \above • ' I !curve t o • i g r een !• I i. • l • \ l ' ; .L t humb at f j i1 j i i ! i :horizon :earth ! i i i \ !a.rm s ! : - ·I·· ··- ·······-·i········.. ...........- .. i...............t..............t····..····-..··t•~·········....................................f........................._........l.................................t..........................................,...................- ........f...................l.....................f...................j.........................,..~.e.~.~.~~................ ................................... ........!... ·······•·•········..............·····- ·•.. J......... .· ..... j 94110 Au :>; j0010j2 jUnk! Killc on /Eto Yif !30°anr;- i3o 0 ang le !Blue iY os\3 4! Yone !Oval iHc adsiz c iSuddcn ! ( 3 )! ' i i i !Bas e , Tex as !10 headed ) i j se,cs i \ disappcar a ncoj ' l \ : , i !headed donw i ! ' i ance i [.... .. ···•·····l····.......................J-·.........1..............1.................1••·•..···..·····..·······-·...·....·············l..... -..- .............. .........}Q.9Ym......·- ······· · .................................... ·······i......._.....................t..................:......................,.......... ..........j........................f.........................................: ..........................................l..................................................j.................. 1 I , , 9 5 j 10 Aug j2030/ 1 , ! !Unk iKi llo on ! i , B !N to S :asc, c xas Ii ·r ! 30° , b in ~ovo 1-ifhite l, !, Ye s ·i' 5 i s c csj !Hone Simi - , ', .. , i_ar ·l,01 i I Di so.ppcarod !, ( r.) i, i i 1 1.. ................1..........................' ............... L.............J............. i l i hori.~?..n.:.................................................'..- .............................................1............................................L~..~.~~~... l...... .......... .. .... -................... ............._................................................. ..................... i................ , NW 91526 ## Page 40 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ Summary of Si ghting s of Unknmm Ae r ial Phenomena , 17th Distri ct OSI (cont) Fage 18 100 10 Aug 210011 R Camp Hood , 2120! Texas 2215! !22 50j ...i......•..·-····--···-···t ·-·············i·______ _,_:.,.......____ : - - - -·····--····l··· ··· NW 91526 ## Page 41 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ CONFIDENTIAL 17th District OsI cont) Page 19 Summary of Sightings of Unlmown Aerial Phenomena, **Evaluatin *Reliability to Vertical Duration of Observation Disappear- Horizontal Manner of Occurrence Direction of Flight Train or Apparent Apparent Apparent Altitude General Area of Course Shape Speed Number Sound ance Color Trail Time Date 1949 300 mph (3) C amp Level - 2None Oval Size of or Faded out 10110Aug2200 Unk Hood, toN 300 White Yes shooting w/yellow faster 2230 Texas above flight secs trail star horizon Round Burned up and 3) 8,000 Light Yes 2 3None Much larger 10210 Aug22401 Camp Hood IN tos Straight Unk w/jag- disintograted flight with red di- SOCS than. evening Texas or more ged star gradual minish- ing to trail incline light yellow (3) Camp Hood 45-60 Generally white tos Yes 5None Flash Star size 10311 Aug2030SvUnk N like a any plane like a Texas above a level soos 2045 rocket observed light 2052 horizon flight or 2105 train- 0010 ing flare. (3) Sudden dis- Due W in Straight & Bluish Yes 10 Nono Broken Head size 10412 Aug00102 Unk illeen 1450 circlo appearance larc above level white secs BaseTexas flight resem- horizon bling w/ascent descent signal describ- flare ing arc NW 91526 ## Page 42 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ CONFIDENTIAL. 17th District OsI (cont) Page 20 Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, *Reliability of Obsorvers **Evaluation ccurrence Horizontal to Vertical uration of Number of Observation Obsorvers Disappear- Apparent of Flight rain or Manner of Arca of Aititude Apparent eneral Number Course" Time Color ound Shape Speed Date ance 1949 10512Aug04451 Unk |Killeen SE to N 300 Headed down Reddish Yes 2 |Yes Trail Fairly long Faded away (3) Base Texas above secs of streak of horizon flame flane headed down.. 10614Aug21351 Alamogordo, Appeared10-150 2secs ReddishYes Larger than Disappeared 13) R None Round New Mexico 250Dis- Venus orange appeared vertical at120 -10oneRound Disappeared Douglas, NtoS 8000- Flat 12) 10720Aug21302 Unk lone6 About size 3500to Arizona 10,000 trajectory secs to ob of single 4500 mph in distance long engine like airplane in- verted saucer 10821Aug21155 Nogales, 450at Dull None10 App size 10 times Woneafer Disappeared Unk orizontal levelto carth's orange of volley speed of 2150 low secs in space Arizona 900 at ball jet planes surface high level Est.to be Faded from (2) 10926 Aug13451 SE toNW Horizontal Brown- None60 Simi- Terrific R Davis- App. ish secs lar to app of rate of view Monthan AFB, 50,000 at 50,000 hazy tri- inch when |speed Arizona color angle observed with at 3 ft. edges NW 91526 ## Page 43 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ NFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomenal7th District OsI cont) Page 21 *Reliability of Observers **Evaluation Number of Occurrence Horizontal to Vertical Duration of Observation Observers of Flight Disappear- Apparent Train or oo mee Altitude General Apparent Course Date Time Color rail punog Shape Speed ance 1949 30Aug 2300 110 1 Los Alamos, Almost 006 over-Almost Bright Yes 1 None Much larger Burned out (1) New Mexico straight overhead straight secs green than meteor fall [fall w/red- dish tail. 111 15 Sep0025 11 |Unk Albuquerque, 300 Yellow 6 None Round Size of Burst &ap- 3) New lexico above red secs baseball peared to horizon disintegrate 112 16 Sep02301 IR Los Alamos Wto E 3,000 Horizontal Orange one15 None Ball Larger than Faster than Dimmed then (3) New lexico secs shape falling airplane disappeared star slower than completely falling star 11318Sep20151 |Unk Sandia Base,W to S 450 Dark Wone 3-4 None Round Size of Unknown (1) New Mexico labove yellow secs [baseball horizon. Tucson, 2 to3 ft 600 mph |Faded from |Unk (2) 114 19 Sep09002 IN App 4000 Grayish None 2 mts None white across view Arizona. 4. 450in 4 (3) Traveling None Round About size Obscured by 115 27 Sep 03001 Unk Sandia Base, From SE 450 Bright None 14 softball secs. building New Moxico above tangent to blue to secs of at 300 yds. horizon learth white 100 Size of Died out 3) 27 Sep03001 Sandia BaseTo the N Yellow Yes 3- 4 None Round Same rate 116 Unk above secs baseball as shoct- Hew Mexico horizon at 25 yds. ing star NW 91526 ## Page 44 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ 17th District OsI cont) Page 22 Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, *Reliability of Observers **Evaluation Duration of Observation Occurrence Horizontal to Vertical Disappear- Number of Observers of Flight Manner of Apparent Train or Apparent Altitude Apparent General Number Course Color rail Shape Speed Sound Date Time ance 1949 15-200 450in 2 1) 117 27Sep03001 Unk Sandia Base SE to NW Traveling Bright None Round Same size Brightened New Hexico above green secs as perime- secs. then went horizon ward earth ter fence out light at distance. of about 200 yds. Sandia Base 200 None Coni- 50in 2 2 Burnt out (8 118 27Sep01301 Unk S toN Made a gen- Dark Yes Looked above tle arc blue like a Hew Lexico secs icle secs. horizon toward w/tail sky earth twice rocket its dia- meter. 119 27 Scp01301 Sandia Base, 450 Moving Green Nonel sec |Fist at 200 in 1 Unk None |Round Burnt out (3 New Mexico above tangent to arm's sec horizon. carth. llensth. 30Scp22571 Unk Sandia BaseS to W 550to Yellow None2- None Slightly 200-300 (1) 120 3 New Mexico horizon orange secs larger than mph shooting star 121 Oct 21101 R Los Alamos 20000 Went up & Bright Yes 3 (1) New Mexico 30,000 thon down .green. Secs .. 122 60ct 17451 Unk Mescalero, 1510 Descended Dark ono30 Nono Round Big ball Disappeared (1) Now Mexico abeve in-slight green secs behind hills horizon arc NW 91526 ## Page 45 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ TAL Summary of Sightings 17th District 0SI (cont) Pago 23 *Reliability Observers... ccurrence Vertical Number of Duration of Observation **Evaluation Direction of Flight Disappear- Apparent. Aititude Train or Manner of Apparent Apparent Apparent reneral Area of Course Time Color Sound Shape Date Size ance o 123 60ct 1800 Unk Mescalero, 180 Greon None one Moving Disappeared (1) 9 Round size of 1845 Now Mexico above secs thumb at slowly behind horizon arm's len- hill gth. 124 Oct 17581 R Alamogordo, EtoW Straight Bluish 6 None4 None Circu- 3 times the50 (1) per sec. New Mexico white angular secs |lar size of descent possi- Jupiter or bly lt. Venus igreen tinge 125 6 Oct 18001 Unk Alamogordo, 420tc NoneRound Size of (1) Green Hew liexico 705' secs baseball at arm's len- gth 1) 126 60ct 17501 R Albuquerque, Eto W Curved des- Green- sec size of New liexico cent ap- ish lar thunb at proaching white to arm's len- vertical very gth flare 127 60ct 17501 R Wagon E to W Green- Hone Round 12 -2 Horizontal None3 |App.that Went out like1 Mound, New ish secs in diame- of meteor like elec- Mexico white tric light ter 128 60ct 17581 None Tear Seemed to (1) Unk At tail end Brilli- None10 New Mexico of its ant secs drop burn out course it green arched over and fell NW91526VFIDL ## Page 46 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ Summary of Sightings Aerial Phenomena, 17th District osI cont) Page 24 of Unknown *Reliability of Obscrvers to Vertical Duration of Observation Number of Occurrence Horizontal Observers Manner of Disappear- Direction of Flight Apparent Apparent Altitude Train or General Course Number Color Sound Shape Trail ppeed Time ance Date 1949 129 Oct 21201 |Unk Albuquerque Straight 350 Yellow None Round Behind Sandia (1) None 11 sec New llexico vertical above to in 1 sec Lountains drop. horizon green 130 100ct04061 IR Los Alamos, SE to NE 3,000 Parallel Brill- Yes -5 None Small Appeared to Disappeared (3) 4 New liexico above to surface iant secs be slower of earth than a observa- white tion pt. meteor 131 100ct01071 Sandia Basew to E 450 Bluish Yes None Round Size of S1ow Died out 1 Unk 15 New Mexico above green secs fist at horizon arm's len- gth Sandia Base Executed Green- Faded out (2) 132 100ct01071 Unk ST to NE 450 Yes 4 None[Round Size of Slow Hew Mexico above dives ish secs fist at horizon blue arm's len- w/red gth sparks trail- ing. 100ct01071 Sandia BaseN to NE 450 None15 Mone Round low Burned out 1 133 Unk Green Size of New Mexico above secs fist at norizon arm's len- gth 110ct20106 Roswell, [Light None Round (1) 134 |Unk Appeared aneuvered Yes 45 Size of New Mexico moving to up & down green mts baseball N&angl- turned ing sligh orange tly to E NW91526 ## Page 47 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ CONFIDENTIAE Summary of Sightings of Unkmown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OsI cont) Page 25 *Reliability of Observers **Evaluation Number of" Horizontal to Vertical Occurrence Observation Observers Direction of Flight Manner of Disappear- Apparent Apparent Altitude Train or General Area of Course Apparent wne Date Color Trail Sound Shape Speed Time Size ance 1949 135 110ct1045 2 Unk Alamogordo, N to SE If size White Mone 10-15 None Round 2" in dia- Very fast Faded from (2) 1100 New Mexico fB-29 secs dish meter at compared view appeared shape arm's w/falling to be length star 150,000 136 120ct11153 |Unk Roswell, S to NE 3,500 Smooth arc White None45-60 None. Round Faster than Went beyond (2) New Mexico (sil- Secs proba- jet air- range of ver) bly craft vision ellip- tical 137 120ct 11153 Unk Alamogordo, Appeared If size Smooth arc White 45-60 None Round 35,0004 None 1.500 mph Faded from (2) Hew Mexico from S& fB-29 or al- secs oall in diameter view |veered appeared uminum off to NE to be 35,000 120ct13404 Tucson, 38 R From NE 30,000 Horizontal Thite None15 None Round 50-100 1,000 mph Faded from (2) to s Arizona or sil- secs in diameter view ver 139 140ct1420 Los Alamos, 3 R Wto E 20,000 Leve] Green- Yes. 2 None Round Appeared as Burned out (1) New Mexico flight just ish secs 12 disc ia above blue- horizon white trail NW 91526 ## Page 48 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ r-~-r , SUll1I!lary of Sif;htin; s of Unl::nown Aerial Pheno!:1.cna , 1 7th District OSI (cont) Page 26 . ! ~i ; 10; 1o J~ iI i... ! ·rl i... i ~ Q l " ,, , .µ o ,.s:: i i ~e ! l I ~ -~ i l- 1 ••• =~, ,c,c,,c, c=,=~r :~'"' = --=rr ! i .µ Q) ; .p •rl i i i... ; i:., .µ i I ~., J ' ! 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NW 91526 ## Page 52 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ Summary of Sightings of Unknowm Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OsI cont) Page 30 *Reliability of Observers Number of Occurrence to Vertical Duration of Observation **Evaluation Observers Horizontal Dircction Apparont Manner of Disappear- Area of Aititude General Train or Apparent Course Date Time Color Trail Sound Shape peed Size ance 1950 163 9Jan 22201 R Los Alamos, Due IV 600 Straight Bluish Yes 12 None Point Appcared 100 per Luninosity 1) Hew Hoxico above white secs ed course as a point |second stopped norizon. suddenly 9 Jan 164 2225 R 1 Los Alamos 75-80 Straight Green- ione3 None Round -4to-5 250per Behind (2) Now Mexico ine above |ish secs compared second horizon horizon white to Jupiter 165 12 Jan19003 Unk Holloman, TOW Changod Jhito Nono5 Wone Star )iscontinued (8) New Moxico laltitude changed mts like size of watching crratic- to Venus ally green &rod 166 13 Jan06053 Unk Holloman EtoW Erratic- White Tone Short None star About same Disappeared 3 AFBNow ally up changed time like size as w/daylight &down to Venus green &red 167 27Jan17151 Unk Scullville, MN Ascending white 30 that of Faded (2) Now Jorsoy at about strcak a firoworks gradually 600 angle rocket at close range. 168 7Fcb 19502 R AlbuqucrquoSSE to E 400-45 Horizontal Roddish Yes 4- 6 None Round Twice size About same Fa.ded out in 1 2015 New loxico above groon secs elon- evening as falling atmosphere horizon gatod star star trail CONEIDE NW 91526 ## Page 53 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ Summary of Si ghting s of Unknovm Ae ria l Ph en ome na , l 7t;h Distr ict OS I ( c ont ) Page 31 ··········-··········-·r· ............... _ ( 2) • NW 91526 ## Page 54 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ CONFIDENTIAL Sunmary of Sightings Unknown Aerial Phonomena, 17th District 0sI (cont) Page 32 of *Reliability of Obscrvers to Vertical Duration of Observation Horizontal Disappear- Obsorvors... Occurrence Manner of Number of Apparent of Flight Apparont Train or Apparent Apparent General Altitude Course Number Speed Color Sound Shape ance Time Size Date 1950 R 20-30 Very slow 'aded 1(2) 1174 24Fob14001 lbuqucrquo by SE lAbout Bright None None Round Compared out Mexico 200 w/size of Now white of sight secs above weather horizon balloon as jit disap- poared in distance. 2hrs 1per 2 R Disappeared 175 24Fcb19301 Datil,New INW White Yes !None Round Mexico chang- 30 *** mts. ing to rod& groon iNone (2) 176 24Fob13451 |Unk Los Alamos E thon 25,000- Straight Whito, on020 Very fast Wont strai- Now Mexico turnod W 30,000 up kopt |mts ght up out flash- of sight irg like mirror in sum 24 Feb13401 Los Alamos E toW 30,000 Straight Silvery one20 None Wont strai- 1(2) 177 Unk New Moxico W toE up whito mts ght up out thon st. of sight up 24Fcb13151 R Los Alamos, 20,000- Silvery one 15 |Nonc Saucer-1o0 acrossAs fast or Disappeared (2.) 178 Erratic New Mexico goncrally30,000 mts shapod if at faster than INE 20,000- sound 30.000 ***Sec attached photograph. 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'd Q) P.. ro ! : G> ::> i l •r-l •r-l i i o.. ! cd ID co (]) s:::: ro ID 1> i : ..o ! ort) !~y 23 , 1950 ( 6) In the ci:-,se of r::enuin c: r..etecrs the pe.ths are dir e cted to­ viard all points of the compass wi-t:,l:. e q ual :.-:·req uenc;r • 0n the c c :rt'.;rary in the cas~ of t!1e green fir eballs , plots of adr.ri.ssible approac~1 sec­ tors show that ther e is a ver :r p ronounced 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--reen i s:b. lu:~inovs phcno1)Kma show a curious assoc:i.ation with ·:1 011 k::own ;neteor s:1oi.·Jer s , al-i:;::ou~i.1 none of these :.,etcor sho,11ers normallv pro ::uce c;.:tromely b riGht s roen fireballs , such as these r ece,1.tly orJser ved . i'' or example , the obser ­ vation :mentioaed by ::r . : ·onnig appeared nee.r the ma::imum of t he Quadrantid shower of e arly Ja,'1mu-y , , fr . ; :cCullour;h ' s o'..-)s crvation of Augu.st vias near the time of the Pe r s id shm 1E:.1· an6. t !\C Decci-r.bcr 0 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 ender 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 eporte d for most of the De cer:i.ber fireballs is rarely observed in the 02,so of r;en"-lnc mete ors . By ls.":; ora.tor y tes·'.; -\:.~:is peculi2.r color seems to :::e: identical viith tr:a•; g iven off by copper salts in the blowpipe fla:-no . If ".;his idcn-ljif i co.tion is corro ct , the wave lon <- th of t;..e r ndiation frm"'.. th(, Gre en _;_' ire::: e.lls i s near /\ • 5218.R. - ( 9 ) Th e duration estimates of betwe en 2 and 3 seconds r 0p ort0d fo r the gr een fi r eball s n r c consid ero.b l:, longer than thos e (0.4 - 0 . 5 s econc.s) for the o r d inary visucl )' 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 long er) . ( 10) For none of tho g r 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 ­ havior 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~ar 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 e cts no·11 accepted as belonging in the [;r c on :Cir~ball cat--Eory beine; 72 . (Al­ though this number constitute 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 oported 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 g r een fireballs hc.vo appeared to fall vcr·cic2.lly d.o,mv1ard ro.t::er t han NW 91526 ## Page 65 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ To : 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~ine meteor fa l ls . 3. An analysis just completed of the t ime distribut 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 parag raph 1 above . The graph of frequency versu 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 neither the f r equency maxir.1um for ordinary meteors (occurrin;; at approximately 0300) nor the frequency mazimtun fo r meteorite falls (occurring 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 conceutr 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 mistakenly identified as g reen fireballs . rnat such misj_de::i.tifica.­ tion has occurred is strongly suggested by the near coincidence in time of the secondary maxi :'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 nterval 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 missiles movine; Y1ith velocitie s of tho or der 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 minute s , a possible inte r pretation of tho concentration of sightings r eferred to in parag raph 4 is tho.t the z r een fireballs r esult from guided missiles launched from bases in the Urals i n the r.-.ornin~ hours before cloudiness due to convection or blinding afternoon 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 incidents on the four days , F riday , Saturday , Sundny , Monday , almost a l l of the most widely observed incidents having occurre d on Saturday or Sunday . 7. It is a curious and fairly well - established fact that there has been a distinct decline in the numbor of green fireball sightins s 11 during the last two months, within whicn. the number of so- called f ly­ 11 ing saucer incidents in this region :,as attained an all- time high . 8. Although I have r ecently r e ceived from Dr . Joseph Ira.p lan of the Scientific Advisory Board a letter containing the statement "l'rank ly , I 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.n 11 • I still NW 91526 ## Page 66 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ To : Lt . Colonel Doyle Rees - Po.ge 4 Subj : Anonalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Rerort) Eay 23 , 1950 consider ·t;he most p robable 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 q uoted from my letter of 1950 , February 20 , to Dr. P . H. ·.i"yc}wff , Cliief .,·..t:,1os ­ pheric Physics Laboratory , Base Di rectorate for Ceophys :..cal Researc:1. The last two pan1{;r aphs quoted. be loY1 \'lell summarize rrr;/ r ecommendatic,:1.s concerninc the g reen fireball problem: nAs a prel i minary to settinc; down the project recommend....tions which you ,requested , I have very carefull-r r eviev;ed all uvaile.')le fireball data ( observers I reports , transit measv.r e:nents , calculated real paths , etc . ) coverin 3 incidents from those of Dcce~ber 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 review , particuln.1·1~, as it re lates to the in­ cident of Februar y 7 , 1950 , I feel con!pe lled to write you in some ­ what different terms concernini::; my mm part in the proposed f ireball project than I had in mind \'/hen we last discussed thi s matter . 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·:;ified 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 catescrics: 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 J.de , frequency c.nd 1 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 latter category is the one t~1e.t I p r oposed in answer t o a qv.estic>n raised by Dr . 'i'eller a.t the first Los i'.lc~':los conference on r'ebn:.ar 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 p resent time . However , even if my interpretation of t;te t:nconventione..l £'ireralls is the correct one , it is ob vious t'.1.at ·chose in posi-l:;ior. t o con!'inn 11 it should r efuse ~o do so . " Only one cthc.r point need be str es sed , namely , that if I nm v1rong in interpretin 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 investieation of the unc onvent:i.on­ e.l green fireballs , in c?.se yo1..:. are in ,·1oss c ssio·.·, of i nfcr:nation 11 proving that t:b.ey are not U. S . miss:'..les . 11 If such ::.n immediate investir;a·l;ion uere to be undcr tc.J.:cr. , I would r eco:r;:;iend t:1at Dr . Fred. L. -,fhipple , of Earvurd 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 spe ctrog raphic ~,hase of the investi::-.1.:.-cion ; COf'1FIOEPcJTIAL NW 91526 ## Page 67 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ To : Lt . Colonel Doyle Rees - Pase 5 Subj : Anomal ous Luminous Phenomena (S eventh Report) ; :a,y 23 , 1850 that Dr. L. A. Manni ng , of Stanford , and Dr . tfillman be pl£,ccd. i n c haq;e of the radar investi6 at ion ; and , final1.y , t h~.t Dr . ·.'iillia.."Tl Crozie r , of the New r:icx ico School of Hines , be placed in charge of dust collection and identifico.tion . On the br.sis of many intensive field st, rveys , I do not anticipate -that 6 r ound search vi ill lead to any r ecov e r ies , but in case such g r ound _search is to be attompted , it should be carried out on tho scale str essed i n IT\')' conve r sations 11 ·with you and Hujor Oder last month . 9. Although the abeve para:-;r aiJhs Y1erc ,s,rittcn some months a~o , the r ecorn:ncndations contai ned i n them arc the ones I ~-!ould u.r ge you to con­ sider at the p r esent time . In conclusion , I s hould like to r epeat the offer made a-t the end of my l etter of February 20 to Dr . i~yckoff , na.-rncly to serve , if needed , as consulte.nt on the g r een fi r cbo.11 p1·ojoct as suggested in Uajor Oder ' s letter -~o me u..~der de.to of Fovcmbor 29 , 1 949 , ,·iith the stipulation , h0\·1 ever , that n~,r service be on a voltmtary basi s rather than on the ~AO per day contr act s pecified in 1.!e.jor Od0r 1 s lc·ttcr . /J --1" /'~- --.., I / /·~/ /~\;2 , .... 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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 (Aerial Phenomena) TO: Commanding General Sandia Base Al buquerque, New rexico ATTN: Intelligence Officer 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 infor med of future devel o?"lents . 1 Incl Summar y of Information ~~oi C--- • L Col, 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 Lissil 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 Lincol 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. ## Page 71 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ • DEB\RT~;ENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON -,-.-o~E"!"!' Cl,\SS~~~lf~lro' THE INSPECTOR GEN~L USAF ' ..... . • ~ • . 4 . , 17th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL TINEST IG .TI~' ..: KIRTI11.1m AIR FORCE BASE, Ni?/f MEXICO 1 9 April 1949 Sille'.111ARY OF INFORMATION: 1. This i s a comprehensive 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 greenish- 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 incidents r e ported do not possess al l of the above onaracteristics, but in each case one or mor e are pre s ent . In nonis of the reported incidents has any natural or :nan- made object :)Gen deternined to be responsible . 3 . The body of this summary c onsists 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 d ire ctly from r epor ts compiled by Dr . Lincoln LaPaz. , University o f Now Mexico . Dr . LaPaz is i nternationally known and r espe cted as a meteoriticist , and he.s taken a gr eat interest in these phenomena . 4. The tabulation of sighti ngs is not a con ple te record of a ll r e­ ported observations , but compris es only those in which int,,irvievrn Vlcro conducted by OSI personnel . Hany other p-.: : rsons we r e inte rviewed by Dr. LaPaz. and his . colleague s , but, inasmuch a s complete da tu is n ot availabl e , these interviews are not taken into account in this summary., In addition., numerous r eports have b r 6 ,.pr 49 Gr -.;cn s t c li !./'3 . . l:-.rr c 3 -~33S I,,s pcrt'1r 7 .,pr ~9 0100 .i,3:SS I!1spGct0r ..:., t 0 ··- ..... ,, Lvs ,'.l:ir.1v d 7 r.pr 49 013• Gr 0en Sandi ··~ ~C..S3 ;:P 12 ;..pr 19 19 30 ':foit c s t c -{ NW 91526 ## Page 75 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ • EXTRACT FROM REPORT SUBMITTED BY DR . La.Pf,Z ON 20 DECIDirBER 1948 : De c ember 14 : 1:00 a . m., Er . lfono Sanch e z (Wagon t!ound, N . l:.T . ) 2. The Reul Path of t he Only Green Fire ba l l s o F o.r Obser v ed a t Two Se para t e Stuti,on s • .Amon g the nume r ous obse rva tions so _f ur made , t h e r 3 is on ly one pa i r of c or respondi ng observs.ti ons i . e ., thos e 11).0.de s i multano o\.,s l y by dif fe r ent gr ou ps of obs e r v e 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 12 by one g::- o•;-.~: of obs e r vor s near Sta r v ation Pe a k ( Be r na l , Hew Mexic o - s ee r eport on i iic ;_' . t ·o r 1948 , De cember 12 , 9h 2m p l u s or mi n us 30s ) , a nd a s e c ond po.ir o f ob :.;v c· ·, " ·· sta tioned within the Los Al amos r e serve.t i on . By gra phic r e duc ti on of t ho simul t a neouil.y made obs e rvations , t he fol l owin g fa cts ha v e been d e t crminc c : The gr een fireball of De c embe r 12~ 9h 2m p l us o r mi nus 30s o.ppoar o d v . . r y it-· r o. p o i n t with the coo r dim3.tes l atit ude 35° 50 1 , l on gi tudc 106° 40 1 and d isary, 1 pea.r ed n e a r a poi n t wi t h the c o or d i n o.tes l a t i tudo 35° 45 , l ong;i tude 107° f.. ·: t r aversing a nearly or e x o.ctly horiz on 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) mile s a t an a l tit u de above the sur fac e of the earth of c..p~ p r oximc..t e ly 8 to 10 mi les , do pcncli nr; on th e c stim~ t e of unr;ulo.r a l titud-3 empl oye d i n tho r e duct i on ; tho v e l o c i ty wi t h r e spe ct t o the e a r th wo r ks out u t be tween 8 a nd 12 mil e s a s e con d , d ,"J pend i n g; en tho dur !l.ti on e stim:1t e use'.l . It should . b e obse 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 poin ts of nppet-.r a nce and diso.ppcur o.nc c of t h o f ire b a l l wo r e seem simultaneously by b oth the Be r na l m d Lo s ;~lr-"!l.OS gr oups . I n c o.s e this o.ssump ti on is not fulfill e d , 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 wor k.i ng out o.t ' between 3 and 6 mile s o. s e c on d . \T./hilG the r e is thus c on side r a ble u:ndorto.i n t y b e ca use of the l a ck o f c on f i r mi n e; a zimuth obs e rv(ltions f r o:n :::. t hird sta t :i.0:1 _ c oncord:;mc e in tht:: five ( 5) d i ff e r e nt o stimc.t e s o f o.ngul o.r e l e vati on ma ke i i; most u n like l y that the lin eo.r h-::ight of the fir cb o.1 1 was muc h les.s t han 8 mi~ and much mor e t nnn 10 mil e s . It is intc r o stin ~ t o obse r ve tha t t he b a ckwar : e xtension o f the 2 5- milo path fir st given passe 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 . S i gnifico.nt Dif f e r enc e s Betwee n the F ire bal l s Observe d in the Int~ n · De cembe r 5- 1 3 and Typ i c a l Lletoor s . 3 . 1 Tho hor i zonta l nat u r e 0 f tho pn ths o f most of the De c embe r f ir<'· b a lls i s most unusuo.l . Ge nui ne met eors a r e r e.r o l y observed t o mov-o i n h o:·i-. z on to.l paths . 3 . 2 Again the ver y l ow h e i ght of the De c embe r fir ob~ll discuss ed j 1 s e ction 2 abo ve s e ts it off in she.rp c on t r a.st f r om the genui n e met 0 ors for whic h h e ight s o f t ho o r der of 40 or mo r 0 mile s a r e n ornu:, lly obs c n r,}d . 3 . 3 -The ve l o city d e t e rmine d for t h e 1~ir0b o.l l of Do c omb0 r 12 is m \l.C !' less than tho v e l o c i tic s d e t e rmined frum t y picn l mot oors ( o.nd y et i s c ons i.d, •• abl y gr oat a r thnn tho spee ds of t h o V- 2 Ro c ke ts or j e t pl~ncs o r o f c on.vcr.-1.,J f l a r es ) . NOTE l NW 91526 ## Page 76 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ TO: Colonel Doylo Re0 s De oe~ber 20 , 1948 3 . 4 In the c ase of meteor ites that pcm.0tratc to :1.s lO'N l eve ls e s that determined for the fireball of De c ember 12, ~~e observed l~inous ph~­ nomena are always :icoompani'3d by vary v i o lent nois<1s . No noi ses whatever have been obser v8d i n c onnection v.rith the vo.rious Deo emb0r fireballs s o f r•.r investigated. > 3 . 5 Genuine meteors normally show r 0markable ve.riations in 01 :' ~- -t beginning as fine thin h a ir lines , which a r c, scurcE:ly visibl e to tho 0<'1 8 1.,1··••: ,· , and then bri ghtening 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 obser vers h a':-0 r e ported that th2 r:-, balls appear ed almost insto.ntly !l.t their fu 11 b ri g;htnGss . 3 . 6 In the c aso o f genuine me teor s the paths are d. i_ro cted t0;.r!~r~ all po int s of th0 compass i.•iith equal freque~lcy . On tho cori.tr 1:-ry in t'.1.0 c :- : ., of the gr .:rnn fire balls , plots of admissib l e a pproach sectors shnw th<:'.t ·;h••,r , i s l~ v e r y pronouhc cd t endency for th0 pe.ths 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 luminous phcnomenf). s'1 ; V, a curious ass0ciation ·1vith ,ilell knovrr-. r!lCtc o r show0r s , althcut;h none of tnJS l: me teor show-Jrs normally produce extremely ½ri ;:;ht gr:ion fireball s , sn c 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 o f Aufust was noc.r the ".;i m~' c.t' the Pers i d showE.·r i ,r, tho December obscrvo.tions :-.11 fell in ';hQ ir..ts2r vul oo•,,er;;d by the G..:mini d shower . 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.spicuous by cuusircg t han tc, appear o:, l y when th~r0 is c c.·, sj•L-- ablc meteoric a ctivity. 3 . 8 ).s not ed in o.n G<::.rlier c ommu nicP..tio:-,_, the r --,rao.rkab l y v i ,.-ic. ;; i ·,,J.J"' 1 c o l or repo rted fo r most of the De c ember fi r e balls i s r e.rely obson,;Jd L! t: ~ :> c ase of g enuine meteors . By l ubor~tor y t est this p,,culia r color s~cmf' to ~>, identical vdth th:lt c i ven off by oc pper s nlts i n tho blowpipe fl ::-.mc .. If ::,,.1;_." i dentificaticn i s c o rre ct, th" W'.l.ve l ~ngth o f the r adi ation fror.i. t~1.e gree:ri f ireballs is nenr 5, 218 Angstrom Units . 3. 9 The dur ation esti.mr. tes of between 2 r:.nd 3 s e c,.,nds r epork c. f c, the green f ir eballs !1.r c oonsid;,r a.bly l on;0r than those (0 . 4 - 0 . 5 soc(•urls:, for the ordinr:.ry visuc.l met eors, but shorter t h'.m tho dur ati on osti1.1r•.t..::s i nvar iably reported i n the c o.s o o:.' ~ g6nuinc..: me t eorit0 fr-,1 1 ( 5 t c 30 s J cc.:v1s or even l on ger) . 3.10 For n one of t he gr een f iro::>u lls has a trr.:.i n oi' spa rks or ~ O.L 5, cloud been r eported. T!'lis oontr :ist s shnrpl y with the boha.vi o r notc,1 i·-~- c2.1:;E:. of meteoric firebc.11s--part~cula rly those th:-.t pen otrc.te t o the 70ry .i.,;w l eve l s where the g;r aen firebal l of De c enb0r 1 2 was observed. 4 . On the basis of the various diffe ren c es to which attenticn is C'\.l l. ~ -­ in section 3 , the write r r ema i ns of the ooiniun thc,t the fireb.~tlJ. of: D0c-3r.1i.,~ ~- 12 was definitely non- meteoric c.nd that i ~ ull p r obn.l>ility the sm,10 js ·i,ru, of most, if not a ll , the other b ri ght goon fir uballs, which t he 031 h~.s hcJ under investigRtion~ LINCCL~l I.aPi,Z' NW 91526 ## Page 77 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ -= , l....ti :::::::1 - ---""'! .,• .~ !!J 2_ ...,... I NCIDEHTS OF 13 AND 20 DECE::lBER 1948 : The unu sual f e a ture o f t hese t wc i n cid,rnts i s t h a t the r e we r e r ep•)rt: i two red li ghts t r a iling the cr 0.;m fir e ba ll. I n e n.ch c o.;,e obsc r v~r s :..i.e... , c t hat the tra iling l ights r 0t a.i ned a. c c.,n stant po s i tion with r espect t ' '- ~ e the r and t o t h e gr e en l i i::;ht . Also , t he s e two s i gh tings :;,.r e the on< · ~w a ll t he g r e en f i r eballs whor e c. shar p chunbe cf d ire c t i on i ~ the ,;~r ',i'), • p l ane wa s ,,:>se r ved. One o f these i ncidents , tha t of 20 D3c ember, w· ,:· r b y At omic Ener gy Se cu ri ty Se r v ice I n s pectc r s , wh i l e the ot he r ·ivas -,:_;.,:;-, truck driver .and his wife . That o f 20 D0 c embcr was obser ved i n the Lo.3 1 a r e a , whil e that of t he 1 3th o f Dcoenber wa s :;bser ved s ou thvre s t d ' h'l.s NOTE 2 ; r- asa ~::r NW 91526 ## Page 78 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ INCLOSURE #=6 The Unive r s i t y of New Mexico Albuq uerque De cember 30 , 19~E I n st i tute o f Meteoritics TO : Lt. Colone l Doyle Rees, Cormnandin g Offic er District No . 17 Of f ice of Special I nve stigation s From : Li ncoln LaPa z , Dire ctor I nstitute of Meteoritics Sub j e ct : An omalous lumi n ous phenomena ( Third Report) In the s e cond r eport of t his s e ries, a description was g i ven o f the ~.:_C'~t.i path through the a t mosphe r e of t he gr e e n fi r eba ll of 1948 , December 12, gn :'·' (plus or minus 30 8 ) . On the bas is of cor r e s pondi n g ob s e rva tions ma de f r o1. , , - sta tion near Starva tion Peak , New Mexico , and a second s t ation nea r LoR Al1c H New Mexico , t h is fireball was found t o ha1re appear ed n e a r a poi nt wi th the! coo r d ina t e s : latitu d e 35° 50 ' N, longitude 10 6°, 40 1 W, and to have d1 isap:i - ~ n e a r a point with the coordina t e s : l a titude 35° 45 ' N, longitude 10 7 os· tra v e r s ing a r. a lmo st horizontal pat h , a t an elevation of about 10 mile s a".J sea leve l , wit h a l ength of about 2 5 miles , a t a v e l ocit y of a ppr oxi mate ly 10 mile s per second. (Th e mi n i mum pa t h l ength con si ste~t with t he obser v -• c:~ •• was f oun d to b e about 11 miles , the corre s por.di ng ve l ocity t hen f a lli;:ic b 4 -l,... 3 and 6 mile s pe r second , depending on the du r ati on adopted . ) On th e basi s of correspondi n g ob s e r vations of t h e g r ee n i sh- white f i r , 't.. • o f 1948 , De c ember 20 , s h 54m p . m. ma d e b y two pa irs of Lo s Alamos obser ver r._ i t has n ow become possible t o wo r k out another approxima t e reo.l pa th. As ;- _ be appa r ent fr om the o rigi na l a ccounts of the obser vo.t i ons made by AESS I n s pe c tors Wi ll i am D. Wi lson , Bufo r d G. True tt , Cl ifford E. Str ung ~ a.rd. P:•.1 c .,••• Se c ur ity I nspector Geor ge S . Skippe r , t he fireball 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 e e n fi r eba ll s ee n by f .vo:: pe rson s on t h e night of De c embe r 12 . Hov,e-..re r , on the b a s i s of the ori ~;i n·1.:· acc ou nts o f the observe r s named o.bove , of sketch e s supplie d by the s e f~l.! r ::.:­ viduals on De c embe r 29 and of t r ansit obs e rva tions mc,de by Ce.ptai.n '.l . ~ - ,!"~• and t h e u nde rsi gned on the same date a t t he points o f obser vation (-·.r:i. t. . 3 5° 48 t . 9, 106° 18' . 4 for St rang and Skipper a n d 35° 5 5 t , 10 6° 23 • , , f ,w Wilson and Truett) , it ht..s b een possib l e to e stablish r eas on abl e eo;1 ,;0r·dan(' c, betwe en various point s on the f ireball po.th e.s s e en by tho t wo gr ou p3 0r ,,~•• • s e rve rs . Bec aus e of t he v e r y s hort b a s e line ( on ly 8 mil es l ong ) bc t nocn -t., ,.· two points of observo.tion o.nd the d i ff icu.lt con d i t i ons unde r v1hi ch t h0 fi :•,J_ . of Decembe r 20 was ob ser ved , i t is my o pi n i on that t he r eal p o.th den vvl ,·0: J the Decemb e r 20 obse rvati on s d eserve s c ou sid ur ubly l o s s we i ght than t:-1::i:t:; :::r . t a i ned from th e De c emb e r 12 obse rvations . NOTE 3 NW 91526 ## Page 79 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ - 2- Do c rnnber 30, 1918 Lt . Col . Doyle Reos It is found that the f i r e bal l doubly obs e rve d by Mes srs . Wilson , Truett) Strang , a.nd Ski pper a.ppenred at a height of at l east 10 miles and desccndcci .-.., 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 Skippe r obse rved. As the firoba ll aF1?··o ') :· the point C, its pa.th l eve lle d off and from C to its point of d.i:sappoarcm:.., E, the fir eball followed a nearly horizontal path appr oximat e l y 7 . 5 mi:cs moving with o. velocity o f between 3 . 75 a nd 7 . 5 mil e s p-:,r second , dep.:: 'ldi n;_ the duration estima t o adopted . The coordina 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 forwa rd extension of the f ireba ll ' s tro.cc on tho ... as dete 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 c ending; branch of t h-'l pc..th of the fir : • • • wu.s observed by I n spe ctor Truett alone , but he was absolute ly c e rtain thr.1. ~ 1 his observa ti on of t h is portion of t he path was corre ct. It should a ls o x note d tha t no sound was heard, a l though tho d istanc e from the obscr vc.,r s ·co ·; " : fir e bnl l and from the fire ball to the et'l.rth could havo been o n ly 11 fow mi::.-- ~. a t most . I have no hosito.ncy in testifying that ap object possessinr; tho - . •• path o.nd the other poculio.rit ios observed by l'li es srs . Wilson 1 Truett,, Stro,1~., and Skipper was not a fallin g meteorite . U.L.,'-.,J. J. NW 91526 ## Page 80 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ TO: Dire cto r , I nte llig&nc e & Se cu rity Divis i (m 7 J a nua r y 1 949 FROM: Ch i e f , Phy s ica l Se curity Branch SUBJ ECT: Re p orte d Observa t i on of Uni denti fied Li gh t o r Fl o.r e Movi n t,; j,c r r·~,. the Sky on 6 Janua r y 1949 1 . On 7 J an ua ry 1949 , t he write r i n t e rviewed Pfc . .Mer e d ith J . Ever i tt , ASN 38 5529 54 , Hea dqu a rte rs , 8450th i.!l . P . Gr ou p , c cn c c r n i n .: t he un­ i denti 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 that on 6 J anu a ry 1 949 h e was guar din~ o. C- 9 7 air p l ane a t the l andi n g strip , l oc a t ed ad j a c ent t o the Or dnanc e Ar e~, whe n a t appr oximate ly 1730 h o urs he noticed a briGh t ob j e c t t r ave l lin ~ n cc ns s t h e s k y , fr om the Sou t heast t owcr d s t he' Nor thwest. He r ela t-ed t h c.t t he ob ject wa s diamond shapod, a ppr o.xi ma te 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 c enter t hnn at t he edges . He e s 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 oximate ly 500 f eet , h orizontal t o t h e ea r th ' s surfa c e _. be f o r e he l o s t s i ght of i t . Pf c. Ever itt was u na1.:>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 h e h a s s e e n l ow f lying jet p l anes , o.nd t hat thi s o~ j e ct tra ve lled much faste r than the jets tha.t he h -'is obs e rved. Thor':l vras nc- smok e o r othe r v apo r , u s :!late r i a l visible t o Pfc . Everitt a r o und or 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 nishin g o. lig h t b l ue b£>.ckgr ound , a n d t hat t h e obje ct appe a r ­ ed t o be a b ri Ght wh it e li ght, wi th n o o thor appar ent v i s i b l e co l or . 4. Standt nG gu a r d with Pfc . Ever itt wer e Sgt . Ri char d \':ol es l e gc e ar.. d Cp l. Wilson , and a qcor ding ·t o Pfc . Everit t , n e ithe r of t h e o t h.:;r men s a.w t h e ob j e ct. Everitt e x p'laincd tha t hG cal l ed t o Sgt . Vfo l es l e p;c e , who was sta cid i ::g at t he o t her end of t he p l a ne , :.:.,.~d t o l d h i m t o l ook a t t he ob j ect i n the sky , b ut by t hat time i t had di s appe o r e d . 5 . Pfc . ~ve ritt sta ted t h a t ho a ttended Flibh t Schoo l , u nde r the G. I. Bill of Ri g hts i n Hous t on , Tex as , du rin c t he y e a r 1947 , and that he h a s had s ome e xperienc e in obs e rvi n g a ircra ft. / s/ Mil.TTHB1V J . DOYLE Ch i e f , Phys ica l Se curi ty Bran c h I !1te lligcn c e & Se curity Di v isicm NOTE 4 CD -- i1 NW 91526 ## Page 81 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ ' THE UNIVERS I TY OF NEV'f HEXI CO ALBUQUERQUE • Feb r uar y 21 , 1949 Institute of Met e oritics TO : Lt Co l onel Doyle Rec s , Commanding Office r Distr ict No . 17 Office of . Specia l Inve sti gations From: Lin co l n w.Paz , Dire ctor I n stitute of Meteoritic s Subje ct : Anomalous l umi nous phenomena ( 4t h r e port) 1 . Sev e r a l additi onal si ghtin gs of' un e x pla ined a e r i a l light phenomon·, have occurr ed since the third r ~po r t i n t h is s e rie s wa s pr epar e d . Outst'.mdi 1 among the as yet unde s cr ibod incidents was the gr een fir0b a ll of Su n day c ,-c • i •• Janua r y 30, 1949 , 5:54 p . m. MST . Within l e ss tha n one mi nute uftc r the ap-• pear a.n ce of the fi r eba l l , a n eyewitne ss ( Mr . Nc s bett ) co.l l e d t o r epo rt t h :: ' •· p r ess i on of a g roup of pe rsons who s aw the fi r e b a l l t h r ou6h a n east wi n dow while s e P.ted abo ut the d i nne r t a ble i n o. b ri ,;}ltly li ghted r oom. \1ithin tvro·; '•· h ou rs a f t e r t h e fire b a l l appe R.r e d , more t han 100 oy owit ne ss o.ccoun t s had 1:,., f _ obta ined b y i ts dire ctor throu15h p o r s onal i n t er v iews . An unu sua lly h i gh p,.!. ce ntage o f the r e po r ts c ame from milito.ry pe r s onne l (waitin g out u n de r the, :- r:. for Post Theat e r s to ope n ) , f r om gu a rds and othe r s po c i c. l agents a lre a dy c..:!..~. to wa t ch f or anomo.l ous l uminous ph enomcn n and fr om ai r pla ne pi l o t s , c ontr .:::, 1 towe r men a n d oilw0 ll work e r s worki ng on the l a t e) o.ftE;r noon t o mi dni ght s :n f , . 2 . On Febr u ar y 1st, l\ s ta ff C[,r was pkcc d a.t t he writ e r ' s disp(•sal by Hajor Williom Godsoe of t he Fourth Ar.my tend a f i e l d s u rve y we.s begun of Gli.c. I r egion in New Mexico and Te x a s i n ·wh i ch the ma j o r i ty of t he obse rve r s r c ;':>u.C , .. ing the f a l l l i ved. This s urvey , c a rri e d out umlor un usuo.lly s 0ver e ·wo'lt.'1er c ondit ions , i nc l uded vi .si t s to the fo llowi n g l o c a. litio s : Mor iar t y ,. Est,~nc L Vaughn, Ramon , Me s a , Roswe l l, Co.prock , Ta tum ::md other towns in New L::c xicc; ; o.nd Lame sa , Brownfie ld , Pl a i n s , Lubb o cl<;, ' .'lulc s h oe and othe r tovms i n Te xa.s ( Seve r a l of t hos ,:; towns w 0 r tJ v±site d t ·wo or mor e time s . ) At Roswe ll , wh e ~o v e 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 loca l CAP u nit under Lt H. K. Cobcan , Spcc i o.l Agen t Bil l Ricke t wa s a d ded to t he surv e y pa rty :;,.nd g;a.v o much o. id i n l e.to,: wor k . At Lame s a , 'f ex a s , tho g r o und survey party wo.s joine d by a n o.ir s ea:::- i. party c onsisting of Major Cho.r l e s Phil lips , USAF, Ca pta i n Me lvin E. t:aef a:ic. Spe c i a l Agen t J a ck L. Bo ling, f r om tho 17t h District OSI office u t Ki:-+,l "::::. i Fie ld , and Cor por a l Cochr 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 connaissa nce mission i n a T- 11 a ircra ft ove r t h e i.r c a sur •• r oundi n g t h e e a r th- point o f the f i r obn \ 1 of J ::.nuD.r y 30th. k t tho sc:rr.e b i~ a s e c ond gr ou nd survey p a rty under Lt Pau l Ry'.m made o. c o.r e ful f i e l d S(..'.lr c.h a l ong o. r oute e x tendin g f'r om La.mesa. t h r ou gh Amhe r st, Te xa.s, t o Clovi. }; . ;Jo~· _ NW 91526 ## Page 82 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ ....,......- .....s 3 . As a r e su l t of tho gr ou nd and a i r s0ur cho s r e f 0 r r0d to ubovo , and o f a n a nal y sis of tho v e ry lur ge amount of i n f o rmo.t i on ob t :.:.i nc d from oy owi t nc. s s ; s by pe rs onal i n t or v ic,vs , by te l ephone:: c on'TG rs [\t i ons and by l e t t 0r , i t has now (three weeks a fte r the f u l l ) be come cloo.r tha t s oV..) r a l thousand pe rsons i n New l1exico e.nd T0x o.s s aw this gr eat fi r e bal l l e i sur e ly trf'.ve rsc t h o s ky . It h a s been possib l e to d e t e rmine t hat t h o J e.n ua r y 30th f ire ball be c ame vi .s ibl 0 : at a n altitude of approxima t e l y t welve mil e s ov e r a p o int u t l atit ud0 Z.t: ' longitud e 102° 5 ', and disappe ared a t cm a l titude of uppr ox imat o l y o i r_:rt nu: OV(,r et p oi n t n t l a titude 32° 48 1, l ongitude 10 2° 22 ' , ._\f t c r trave rsin g a nearly horizontal pa t h app roximat e l y 143 mil es l ong at et v e l oci ty o f from .• , t o f ourteen mil e s pe r s e cond . Althou gh tho J anua r y 30th fi r 8ba l l mu s t ba ~ ' '• among t h e b ri git c st obs e r ved i n the l ast quartor - c ent ury , and i n s pit o o:: ~', f a ct t hat its r eal path lay close r t o t he t=Ja rth thr oughout i ts onti r o c x t v t han any ,other met eorit o pa t h o f which the wr i t e r h e. s knowl e d r o ( exc eptint t h o anomalous gr e e n fir ob o. ll s of De c embe r 12th and 20th , 1948) , t he mv t e,)r ~·, d c t ona ti ons and l ong c ont i nuod r umblin gs which without e x c e pti on a c c ompan: l a r ge moteori t e f a lls we r e n ot obse 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 ou nd s u r veys . Howuva r, what may h~v~ been Udden n oi s e s ( anomal ous whizzin g, c.nd h i ssi n g s o unds fre quen tly r ,::po r ·c" , b y v e r y d i s t ant obse 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 fire b o.11 vras s eon ) we re h e ·ird a t Roswoll , N ,nv 1'.Texico , and no~-r Hulo f't1 Te x a s . 1. In a dditi on to t he ctbse n c o of noise anomo.ly r e f e r red t o i n tho l ·\s ·..; p a r agr aph, the f ire b a ll of J anua ry 30th , 1949 , sh.-:rns seve r a l othe r f ea.tur es ( e . g . near ly horizonta l path , abs en c e of l oni; e ndurin t; luminous tra i n or .ti on which g;i vcs uny :l 1 • ca tion o f havi ng b ..,;eu a met eoritv £~11 , 6 . With th e pr e s e nt report, t h e wr ite r ' s pa r ti cipc. ti on i n the OSI' s i :r ­ v o sti 6a.ti on o f the pu zzling fi r eball question mu st, to h is r ogr 0t , t -,rminc,t ; During t he t i me I wa s on l o o.ve o f abs en c e fr om t he Un i v:::rsity of r[;Jw :Jt xi.:--o , wa s ;;l ad t o donate my time e,.n d s c r v:i: c e s to this inv -..·s tiEo.t i on . Now t }.:--,t I .'.!'· agai n serving a s Head o f the Dupa.rtmcnt of i,h'..th0mntic s ,vith u f u 11 tirric t E: -~-.:.,, , l oad , i t i s i mposs ible f o r mo t o co,1t i ::1u c cooper a tin g wi th t h e OSI. LINCOU,J La.PAZ Head of De pt o f ,.rath ematic s • NW 91526 ## Page 83 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ o 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:ri pti-:" !1 ar,pli es : a. Co l 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 ·c r ~ J.. 0 d. Lurni n c,sity ;1.pps;;.rad tc ::>e self .. lum:i.11ous _. ::.net the rary:i.r. ·: ·,···,l • of flight :,.r_c!. c.'w.q;·1 s c, f pc s :..i:J::.on 0:1.u ss.'C ac r,}n1-c: ~ e ithe 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:r s -, _c ::,n~is1 iui-; (•? clim!)ir~l~ u•,d divinf , with turnii:1g mov-,.,mi:.'Il·:;:; . ,_ h. Lo c 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,nr ,R:t;i11uf. ·-:; 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.p pearod 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 , reports. indic 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!J ject• . I n ne i ther c. lS<'' di:i i r.vesti--[•a:t::i:~;.,;_-i;rc~d~ 6-!lY. evid.cng.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 f r,t,:vi whoss c~.-Q.i..J.ity- i~. f\.D.Qve--,...a.v;,~~~- .,.-.., NOTE 6 NW 91526 ## Page 84 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ INCIDENT 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 e ct - appeared t o be c.n elipti c a l , rathe r stubby, a luminum body sur-­ r e>unded or c over ed with bil l owy fl a.--ne . Tha r e may have been proj e ctions s i milar t o stubby c or!tro l surfac es and wings , but t he observe r CL.ul c:, 'K•t 1 be sure o f this . Tha obs e rver described the cb j e ct as l ooking r a t her li , . the pa rt of a war time German air plane f r om the c oc kpit aft . It di sappc .: .' . behind the cl ouds . The po.th was slightly ·les c unding ; there was n o n c if e. J I • NOTE 7 NW 91526 ## Page 85 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: sparse_text; review: yes_ NW 91526 ·n. -" ' Le_· V/.J~l -.G tG ho ID ... . --· ' ~ . .. . ' • .. - ## Page 86 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ I /l, HEADQUARTERS . SANDIA B ASE 797 ALBUQUERQUE . NEW MEXICO REFER TO FILE No. MAR 3119~ : SBID/1 SUBJ:IDT: Unidenti fied Fl ying Objects TO: The Chief Armed Forces Special Weapons Project P. o. Box 2610 Washington 25 , D . C• .ATTENTION: Chief , Intelligence & Security Di visi 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 , dealing ~~th the ·reports of unidentified lights appearing in the vicini 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 conferenc e are attached hereto . 4 . It is request ed that these inclosures be returned 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/sketch 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 ## Page 87 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: needs_visual_review; review: yes_ 4 . 0 ., • 1 ,. • l T • ..... NW 91526 ## Page 88 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ • L Si".'PIN/380 . 0l 1st Ind Headquerters, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, P.O. Box 2610, TI'ashiagton 25, D. C. , 27 April 1949. TO: Commanding General, Sandia Bt1se, P. O. Box 5100, Albt:.querque, N. M. Inclosures listed in basic communication have been noted and are returned herewith. FIT COIDlAND OF 1/.LJOR GEHERAL !:iICROLS: 5 Incls: n/c ,. - NW 91526 ## Page 89 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: sparse_text; review: yes_ l . . l . ) . v.,I ·1 0 . ... ,. . .J NW 91526 ## Page 90 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ (. I I cop1 s, Scr.c 18 Fobrua.ry l94S REPORT OF TRIP TO LOO AJ.AMOS, NEW MEXICO,. 16 FEBRUARY 1949,. BY C 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. nx asOSAJ co, AI:C, 1gbt-Patteraon AFBJ co, Sandia Base; rBI SantexJ DISTRIBUTION _,, ~x, nrtland il'BJ ru.. , wo 568 ·AGOFORII NW 91526 ## Page 96 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ 'tr .. 0 0 d (\) .0) 870.00 0 0. lO TANK DESTROYER CENTER CAMP HOOD , TEXAS 0 m 850.00 SCALE I: 62,500 FIRST EDITION 1943 NW 91526 - ## Page 97 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ .,, .,. . F INFORMATION roh 1949 pdfflcemot the AC ot s. G-2. B dquarter■ Fourth Amy. Fort Houston. Tua• SUBJECT CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION: UIUSUAL LICl!TS COMPLETELY RELIABLE USUALLY RELIABLE . . . . • . • • B . . • A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES PROBABLY TRUE . . . . . . . . . . 1 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 'rlcinit7 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 ## Page 98 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ PREPARING OFFICE ttioe ot tu A SUBJECT CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION: COMPLETELY RELIABLE . • • • A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES . . I vaJSUAL LIGB!I USUALLY RELIABLE . . . . • • • • •• • • B C PRO~ABLY TRUE . . . . . . . POSSIBLY TRUE . . . . . . •. . . 2 3 FAIRLY RELIABLE . . (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.uibl • for the , ~. •Q• area th.a wnt on a l 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 aclditio•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) hderal Bare&u of Ime ■tigatio~ San Antom.o. taa■ • Oftioe of Bt.w.l InteW geDN. San. Antomo. Tua• • h&Te beu. notifi •cl• Direotor of Intel lig•noe1 Air Mt.t•rl.•1 Oamnan4; Ottioe ot Speoial 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 1 JUN 47 5 6 8 U, I , ~YQNIIIUT ... INTINCi Ol'FICI: 10--633sf0-1 ·AGO FORM NW 91526 ## Page 99 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ ~ z::::;;::::: I TANK DESTRuD.!R c1..,·r.ER, c.1.ViP Hov.J, TEX.i\.S SC..:.LE: 1:62500 (Firs6 Edition 1~43) 0 (\J (Y'; 865 II) 'C.l ~ >< 0 0 0 (!"'I 0 850000 Y~rds <"" NW 91526 ## Page 100 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: image_or_scan; review: yes_ EXHIBIT 0107 o da acu Jesho NW 91526 ## Page 101 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ lp2. l AK.t\DB StJBJEC!• U.iwnal 1.1.~ti 1'0• COlilnaniW,Sg Ge:::tenll Sandia Daso P. O. Box 5100 Al~rqua. 5ow l1n::lco Afflh AC at s. o-e ~ attaohltd SU1:1:11r:, of Info.maticm, this ottice, subject a.a I.bow• 16 Uarob 1949, re '1'8ports o£ "lighttt" observed owr Comp Ilood. ~ . 1a 1'orwardad in duplicate f'f)r your lnton&ation and a:xy i.\c'ticm daemed,ne.,eaa17• .FOR '1'HB COl!llA.liDinG GElranAL-s 1 Incl (dup) EUSTIS L. POLAliD . Ae ata:ted. ../.mtIBI'tS 1, II. ColmUJl. GSO III~ e.ncl lV AC~ S, 0-2 tp:n -. NW 91526 ## Page 102 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ DAT£ SUMMARY OF INFORMATION 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 INFORMATION: COMPLETELY RELIABLE . , • • A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES . . I tlnuiWLl Lif#lta USUALLY RELIABLE . . • • • • • B PROBABLY TRUE . . . . . • . 2 452•1 AD.DD FAIRLY RELIABLE . . NOT USUALLY RELIABLE • • • • . . • • • C • D POSSIBLY TRUE . • • . • • DOUBTFULLY TRUE . • • • • . . • . 3 4 UNRELIABLE . . . • . E· IMPROBABLE . . . . • . • 5 RELIABILITY UNKNOWN . . . . . F T RUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED . . . . 6 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.ring the pffiod 6 - 8 llarah l ~• . AT CA14P BOOD. i t • • d8termined that this type of phen7 )J2AIB. ~ A Qla»HoCHt. 1'ua8 4. Objoct slghteda ~I 1 Ball lllr;e tlaah Sh.ape a Slaea Loob4 Ub bollkctbaU Oolort Pale bl~tEt Uc;ht 8,peff 1 Bo-t 1cnOIID Directiona K ll)O B ~ b i l t . - t y • lone • s a "£1:nd flaah11 A1t1tud4ta 590 abow hol'izGD S0'2Ddt Kone Exhauat tail, cme 2 < SEC?.£T NW 91526 ## Page 104 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ 8/1. 01'ttoe o:t thli AC ot s. o-2. • ~ Fourth i:r,q. Fort, s.a Bou.aton. ,--... 16 Ila.Nb 19l9. n1:tj. " ~ Ught,i" ,. l'NII obuna'l1on poln-t fl3 (... attii.ohtld owrlay) • •• LooitiGIU 'Sn4. 5 - 856.).,s '1'i.lM1 About 2Q45 houne OW:roaat (. . . attaohN watbilr nport). •• tDNu ht Harold D. Uoore, 'OB 67410066 ~ d AIB. Compa.117 A CUip Hood, l'--.. a. Objeot aigbwda lblber, 1 Bb&pta Roundiab head with tr&ll ss.. ., About 100 ln 1 ~ COlor1 L191t ooloNd haa4---# orange tr&ll 6~1 Bot knOltD I>tnotiozu Fraa s 81° to 6 «JO 111.nM&wtabllityt Io drn.atian b'CJiA ooune Altltwli9a Fraa 21° aboft hortaon ta 6° ,1• a'bow Scnmdt lam Blbauat trula Orange trail abou1J 100 l.ong !R.alark:81 Appeared to be coing owr Q area ObHrw:tiou on 7 MILroh 1949• 1. Pl'Clll obeer.tion point 41 (aoe attached owrlay) •• loaatum.1 914.3 - 855. 7 I Tlllila 0115 houri. 'b. ._there Cloaz- (... attaolwd ,..t.h•r ~ r t ) . o. Wltn.Ha Pfo .Robfft. ~ Blaolc, US 57ll2155 ~ AU, Ccape.iiy A Camp Hood, , . . . 4. Objeot •ightedt Mil•ra l Shape, Lib t'laah bulb S1N t Pl&ih bulb Color, Brilliant bluit4blw 8pM41 Jfo:De D1reot1<11U N J$jO B _ Jllneuwrab1lit;y, lone t'iDd l'l.Uh Alt:ltwle I 66° 15 t abne hOl'laOD 8ouncl1 1fcme lllbau.at vai1a NW 91526 ## Page 105 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ (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. u s ~ 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 b l ~ t e 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 ## Page 106 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ ~ · lot laiotm ~ - • 820°W ~wn.blUt)?t l l ~ c l 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.ourit"y Bq c.iap Hood, Tea• l!lm'bera 1 ~ * !Ml'dhip • Sisea •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 -.n41&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 ## Page 107 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: good; review: no_ lblibil"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 . b l l i t y t .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 = .,,,,. MOVING OBLONG FIRE BODY WITH TRAIL I. 0.- INITIAL OBSERVATION TO -TERMINAL OBSERVATION 6 MAR - .. 7 MAR ~~ TANIC DESTROYER CENTER CAMP HOOD• TEXAS L ()\ SCALE 1112. 900 ~o FIRST EDITION 1943 LINES AS SHOWN ON OVERLAY HAVE BEEN CONVERTED FROM MAGNETIC TO GRID AZIMUTH. NW 91526 ## Page 110 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: sparse_text; review: yes_ aovre 108800 JAWK DESABTAEY CEMLES CVNL HOOD BAXVT OH0MEEA30 RAMT TEA WOAING YO0E MATT AATN 0 WOAMC EIXED ErVar IS V3 W A TAAT Q WOAING oeroue EIBE BODA TUOHTIW RAAT enne BED WWUCH I ONSA 5A MOE ETEX V3J3 OTS ErEA AA TAA AAM a wooln RAM T SAMS AAM bO 10 OEC DIOMCE EBOW OBEKAVLION rEWCH OE TA IE DOE NO NDICE DIUCE EoW NW 91526 ## Page 111 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: image_or_scan; review: yes_ US AF.AIR WEATHERSERVICE UL NW 9152 ## Page 112 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: image_or_scan; review: yes_ T EXHIBIT TILE57 HORT NW 91526 ## Page 113 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: image_or_scan; review: yes_ U.S.AFAIR WEATHER SERVICE SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS IW 91526 ## Page 114 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: sparse_text; review: yes_ I NW 91526 . . t ,/ ## Page 115 _Chosen source: ocr_text; QC: good; review: no_ U.S.AP AIR WEATHER SERVICE Y9 SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS 15 75 791 905 07Y r7sos 419 6757 1075 U. B-L 051710726 2N 80609 61175066 052 3 0220 E10 3333 5757 982 INTMTLR 091 0220 28.905 60.060 10 10 3 INTMI 28.774 620 5C7 9+5t 16 06 16060 LAC 1E120 68ci 176/C69 0211Y SCud AI HND1OSy C2ISy TEMP 0.0552 y.873 ## Page 116 _Chosen source: direct_text; QC: sparse_text; review: yes_ .. . ' I j I I~ 34377373 NW 91526