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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 Fightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District CSI (cont) Page 4 Number Date Time Number of Observers *Reliability of Observers General Area of Occurrence Apparent Direction of Flight Apparent Altitude Course Horizontal to Vertical Color Train or Trail Duration of Observation Sound Shape Apparent Size Apparent Speed Hanner of Disappearance **Evaluation 19 1949/30 Jan 1755 App 200 Unk Roswell, New Mexico W to E 2000' Horizontal Blue-green None Moving slowly Disappeared to some. Disintegrated into shower of smaller lighted fragments (1) 20 30 Jan App 1800 App 200 Unk & R Alamogordo, New Mexico N to S Angle of elev. 150-300 from observer. Gentle descent Green 3-15 secs None Ball Seemed to fizzle out (1) 21 30 Jan 1854 1900 10 Unk Ft. Worth, Texas N to S 130 above horizon 300 downward from horizon Green trail-ing sparks Yes 1-7 secs None 1/3 size of full moon Disintegration (1) 22 14 Feb 1840 2 Unk Ganado, New Mexico Somewhat above horizon Stationary then fell in slight curve to W Briliant white slightly green color Yes None Stationary then fell in slight curve to W. (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.