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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 (cont) 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 62 1949/6 May 2040 2130 1 R Camp Hood, Texas W and N App 1200' dropping to 440' Alternating pinkish to green None 50 mts None Round 1/2 dollar diminishing to short quarter size Very slow Faded from sight (2)(1) 63 6 May 0105 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico N to S 50 above horizon Was going down at an angle of 30-350 Green Fraction of a sec None Round App 1/8 size of full moon Very high rate of speed Disappeared west of Jemez Mts. (1) 64 7 May 2025 2105 4 R Camp Hood, Texas SE 1300' Green-white None 40 mts None Diamond shape 3 mils width Covered 15 mils in 40 mins. horiz. Dimmed and went out (2)(1) 65 7 May 1940 1 R Camp Hood, Texas N and E 1000' Reddish greenish white None 57 sec None Diamond shape 3 mils width Covered 20 mils in 57 secs. horiz. Dimmed and went out (2)(1) 66 8 May 2008 2017 1 R Camp Hood, Texas N and E 1600' Reddish greenish white None 9 mts None Diamond 2 mils width 10 mils in 9 mts Dimmed and went out (1)(2) 67 8 May 0930 1100 4 Unk Tucson, Arizona W, 90° turn to the N 4000 to 20,000 Horizontal then rapid climb at 45° angle White None 10-20 mts None Metallic circular 40-75' in diameter Motionless to faster than jet Climbed at 45° angle until out of sight (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.