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This U.S. Department of Energy release collects 1970s correspondence connected to Los Alamos physicist James L. Tuck. One letter recalls several green light sightings at Los Alamos between 1948 and 1951, plus five objects flying in formation, all reported to the Protective Force. In another letter, Tuck asks the U.S. Army Engineering School for the recipe used in simulated atomic bomb demonstrations, citing the Condon study's account of atmospheric vortices. A third letter sends Tuck comments on ball lightning from a 1976 book by James McCampbell.
From the source:Release of 2026-05-22 Released with redactions. Personal correspondence to and from James Tuck, a Los Alamos National Laboratory-affiliated physicist, regarding his interest in unidentified anomalous phenomena circa 1970s.
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Dear Mr. Treak : I am sorry that & cannot tell out the attacked farm since the times and dates of any sightings escape me . I can, however , tell you that during the years 1948 through 1951 several sightings of Green light were made at Los Alamos . These usually occurred during the early part of the night , nine to eleven , and were usually in the Jeanne Mountains . I can recall several instances of green lights weaving in and out of Mountain peaks . This was all reported to the protective force Headquarters and should be to Matter of record on their logs . I also recall one instance of five objects flying over Las Alamos in the afternoon . They were flying from Southern to Northwest and appeared to be flying in formation . I believe of the Protective Force was one of the five or six people that
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