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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 Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (contd) 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 Manner of Disappearance **Evaluation 51 194912 Apr 1930 1 Unk Albuquerque, New Mexico SE to NW 20° above horizon White None 8 secs None Round 1/8 size of moon 15° in 8 secs Extinguished (1) 52 15 Apr 1630 1 Unk El Paso, Texas Straight up About 30° Grayish Yes 15 mts None Thin smoke trail Very thin Dissipated (2) 53 18 Apr 0148 2 R Flagstaff & Williams, Arizona NW App 12,000' to one. 75 - 100 miles to other observer Greenish blue 1 - 2 secs None Ball-like 100 watt light bulb Disappeared behind obstacle (1)(3) 54 22 Apr 0905 1 Unk Cliff, New Mexico W to E 20° dropping slowly Aluminum None 2 mts None Round, flat thin, disc-shape Over 15' in diameter Disappeared behind mountains (2) 55 24 Apr 1033 5 VR White Sands, New Mexico N 25-29° White light yellow 60 secs None Ellipsoid Tremendous rate of speed Disappeared due to distance (2) 56 25 Apr 0630 2 Unk Springer, New Mexico 2 groups going W 2 groups going E Well above 30,000' Silvery white None 4 grps totaling about 20 sec Yes Round Very small Very fast well above speed of sound Disappeared from view (2)
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.