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This Black Vault copy of Air Force records centers on the Project Twinkle Final Report, which Louis Elterman of the Geophysics Research Division wrote on 27 November 1951. Project Twinkle investigated green fireballs and other light phenomena in New Mexico using Askania cameras run by Land-Air at Vaughn and Holloman AFB. Elterman found the results essentially negative, with most sightings put down to aircraft, balloons, birds, clouds and meteors. He recommended no further spending. The file also includes the 1949 and 1950 correspondence that set up the project and 1952 memos about declassifying it.
•• • • • • UNCLASS Fl These data then \-Tould be used to deoonstrate the need for initiating a study of the ~henornena . On 21 February 1950, an observbtion outlook oost was set up at Holloman Air Force Base manned by two personnel . Observations with theodolight, telescope and camera '\.Jere undertaken between the hours of sunrise ru1d sunset. On 5 l1arch 1950 e. conference was held at 1Tigbt-Patterson Air Force Base which included Holloman Air Force Base and GRD personnel . Ac tion was taken to initiate a three point orogram \-lhich was confirmed by Al·~C i n the form of a l,~tter q~ective on 16 !·larch 1950 , subject Li ~ht Phenomena· . a . Askania instrument triangulation b Land-Air Inc. b . Obscrva tions with l.d tchell c amera using spectrum gratine by Holloman Air Force Base personnel . Electrouapnetic frequency measurements usinr; '-'ienal Corps Enpineerinr J~boratory equinment. Under contract to GR.JJ, Lana - Air I nc . vras requir ed to naj ntain constant watch at tv1o Askania stations for a six- month period . Since an abnormal number of reports hcd been received fron Vauehn, Nevr Lexico , it uas decided to install t he instrumentation at Vaughn • • , NCLASSIFlED
Report, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 34 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.