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This U.S. Department of War release compiles 1949 records tied to Sandia Base, New Mexico. It includes a Sandia Base security inspection reply and a W. D. Crozier letter to Lincoln LaPaz. It also contains Crozier and Seely's report on collecting airborne copper particles after the July 24, 1949 fireball near Socorro, which they judged negative or inconclusive. LaPaz's sixth report on green fireballs disputes parts of that finding, and a Fourth Army report describes unusual lights around the Q Area at Camp Hood, Texas, in March 1949.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-22 Incident: 1948-1950, New Mexico. This file contains 116 pages of documentation from the Armed Forces Special Weapons Program (AFSWP) – the direct, post-World War II successor to the Manhattan Project – and from the U.S. Air Force – relating to a series of sightings and investigations in Sandia, New Mexico, from 1948-1950. This file contains 209 sightings of “green orbs,” “discs,” and “fireballs” reported near the military base. Witnesses reported unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) maneuvering, flying out of sight, disappearing, or exploding. The documents also include the results of contemporary investigations into residual copper powder found in some areas where sightings were reported. A few of these investigations became the basis for Project Grudge, which collected reports of unidentified flying objects from various other military installations – also included in this collection.
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HEADQUARTERS. SANDIA BASE ALBUQUERQUE. NEW MEXICO DOCUMENT CONSISTS OF PAGE(S) COPIES. SERIES. SBOP/4 333.1 Yun REFER TO FILE NO. NO.1 OF 5 COPIES, SERIES... 5 DEC 1949 SUBJECT: Board to Inspect Special Weapons Facilities at Strategic Air Command Stations TO: Commanding General Strategic Air Command Offutt Air Force Base Omaha, Nebraska 1. Reference is made to Top Secret letter, your Headquarters, subject: "Special Weapons Training Facilities at Strategic Air Command Stations," 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. It 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 station concerned about thirty (30) days prior to movement of a Special Weapons Unit to that station. This second board could then verify the rate of progress of facilities preparation and the adequacy of the plans at that time, and solve many of the administrative problems inherent in the transfer of
Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 116 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.