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AFOSI LaPaz Catalog raw data

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This document is a NICAP-hosted table of AFOSI raw data summarizing 209 sightings of unknown aerial phenomena, listed from January 1943 through May 1950. Most reports come from New Mexico sites such as Los Alamos, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, Alamogordo and Vaughn, with others from Camp Hood, Texas, and Arizona. For each sighting it records the observers, the reliability rating, direction, color, duration, shape, speed and how the object disappeared. It sorts the cases as green fireball phenomena, disks or variations, or probable meteors.

AFOSI #
Date
Time
Number of
Observers
Reliability of
Observers
General area of
occurrence
Apparent
direction of
flight
Apparent
attitude
Course
horizontal to
vertical
Color
Train or trail
Duration of
observation
Sound
Shape
Apparent size
Apparent speed
Manner of
disappearance
Evaluation
R=reliable;
VR=very reliable;
Unk=unknown
reliability
(1) Green fireball
phemonena; (2) “disk”
or variation; (3)
Probable meteor
1 430119 2300 1 R
Point of impact
on line
between Brest
& Kiev
Almost
vertical
descent
followed by
"bouncing" N
to S
35° above
horizon
descending
brilliant
white 2-3 sec none
compare
w/planet
Venus on
unusually
clear night disappeared
2 1947Late App 2000 1 R
Vaughn, New
Mexico 400' - 600'
descending
slowly in
vertical
manner
bright
white none round
larger than
basketball
descending
slowly exploded
3 480727 0835-0845 1 R
Albuquerque,
New Mexico
duralumin
um
reflected
light none
flat and
round
stationary at
times (2)
4 480804
0200 &
0300 2 Unk
North Powder,
Oregon NW to SE 5500'
Horizontal
line Green Softball 720 mph Extinguished (1)
5 481024 night 1 Unk
Phoenix,
Arizona E to W Green 75 Mts Star Very slow
Became very
bright and fell
apart
6 11/3-4/48 App 2200 1 R
Vaughn, New
Mexico 400' - 500'
descending
slowly in
vertical
manner
bright
white none round
larger than
basketball
descending
slowly exploded (3)
7 481123 App 2200 1 R
Vaughn, New
Mexico 400' - 500'
descending
slowly in
vertical
manner
bright
white none round
larger than
basketball
descending
slowly exploded (3)
8 481205 2135 2 R
Las Vegas,
New Mexico W to E
Slightly
above
9,000'
horizontal
slightly
descending
whitish
orange few secs disappeared (1)10/05/10AFOSI Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena (raw data)Page 1 of 22

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