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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 STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE OMAHA, NEBRASKA D02G 16 dec 49 SUBJECT: Inspection of Special Weapons Facilities at Strategic Air Command Stations TO: Commanding General Fifteenth Air Force March Air Force Base California 1. Your attention is invited to the inclosed basic communication and first indorsement thereto. It is requested that your headquarters designate personnel to inspect aviation squadron facilities of your command 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. Inspection is to be completed not later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of notification. Sandia Base will furnish representative personnel for inspections, upon your request. 2. Upon completion of inspections, any discrepancies noted will be forwarded to this headquarters together with any recommendations that would facilitate transfer of subject squadrons to this command. 3. Direct communication with Sandia Base is authorized for the purpose of coordinating this matter. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEMAY: 2 Incls 1. b/1 from Sandia to SAO 2. 1st Ind from SAC to Sandia
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.