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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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380.01 333.5 THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 17TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO DR/JLB/web File No: 24-8 18 May 1949 SUBJECT: UNKNOWN (Aerial Phenomena) TO: Commanding General Sandia Base Albuquerque, New Mexico ATTN: Intelligence Officer 1. Transmitted herewith is a Summary of Information relative to the aerial phenomena which have been observed in the New Mexico -- West Texas area. 2. This investigation is being continued and your office will be kept informed of future developments. 1 Incl Summary of Information DOYLE REES Lt Col, USAF District Commander ## DISTRIBUTION OF SUMMARY: 2 - Hq OSI 1 - 3d OSI Region 1 - CG, AMC 1 - CO, Kirtland AFB 1 - CO, 636th Acft Control & warning Sq 1 - AF Guided Missile Project 1 - AF Field Office for Atomic Energy 1 - CG, Sandia Base 3 - Atomic Energy Security Service 1 - CG, Fourth Army 1 - BIO, Ft Bliss, Texas 1 - FBI, Albuquerque 1 - Dr Lincoln LaPaz, UNM 12 - File SECRET SHORT TITLE: KF-5977
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.