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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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Summary of Sagittings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Number Date Time Number of Observers *Reliability of Observers General Area of Occurrence Apparent Direction of Flight Apparent Altitude Dourse Horizontal to Vertical Color Train or Trail Duration of Observation Sound Shape Apparent Size Apparent Speed Hanner of Disappearance **Evaluation 5 1948/24 Oct Night 1 Unk Phoenix, Arizona E to W Green 75 Mts. Star Very slow Became very bright and fell apart (1) & (2) 6 5 or 4 Nov App 2200 1 R Vaughn, New Mexico 400' - 500' Descending slowly in vertical manner Bright "white" None Round Larger than basketball Descending slowly Exploded (3) 7 25 Nov App 2200 1 R Vaughn, New Mexico 400' - 500' Descending slowly in vertical manner Bright white None Round Larger than basketball Descending slowly Exploded (3) 8 5 Dec 2135 2 R Las Vegas, New Mexico W to E Slightly above 9,000' Horizontal slightly descending Whitish orange Few secs Disappeared (1) 9 5 Dec App 2200 2 R Albuquerque, New No movement noted 10,500' Parabolic curve Green Yes 2 secs None Round Faded out (1) 10 6 Dec 2255 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico E to W Slight falling arch Green Yes 2--3 secs None Round 1/3 diameter of moon Rapid Vanished (1) 11 8 Dec 1833 2 VR Las Vegas, New Mexico ENE to WSW 13,500' Horizontal Bright green Yes 2 secs None Larger than a flare Rapid rate of speed Faded out (1)
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.