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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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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 HEADQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska 19 DEC 49 TO: Commanding General, Sandia Base, Post Office Box 5100, Albuquerque New Mexico 1. This headquarters concurs, in general, with basic communication. 2. Reference paragraphs 1 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 of notification from this headquarters. Notification will be in the form of an information copy of Strategic Air Command request for movement of aviation squadrons. Your headquarters will receive 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 COMMANDING GENERAL: 1 Incl Cy of ltr fm SAC to 8 & 15 AF J. B. MONTGOMERY Brigadier General, USAF Director of Operations
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.