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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.
“Socorro, New Mexico”4 pages
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Date Jan. Color Course Seen From Seen By 5 Dec 48 1930 Green NE to SW Las Vegas, N.M. Civilian 5 Dec 48 2000 Green N/S Albuquerque, N.M. Univ. of N.M. Student 5 Dec 48 2105 Green N/S Near Las Vegas, N.M. Military Pilots 5 Dec 48 2115 Green N/S Las Vegas, N.M. Civilian 5 Dec 48 2115 Green N/S Las Vegas, N.M. Civilian 5 Dec 48 2115 Green N/S Lucy, N.M. Civilian 5 Dec 48 2127 Green N/S East of Albuquerque Military Pilots 5 Dec 48 2135 Green N/S Near Las Vegas, N.M. Pilots, Pioneer Airlines 5 Dec 48 2200 Green N/S Near Las Vegas, N.M. Civilian Pilot 5 Dec 48 2220 Red-white NE to SW Levy, N.M. USAF Photographer 5 Dec 48 2220 N/S N/S Onava, N.M. Railway Worker 5 Dec 48 2315 Green N/S Near Las Vegas, N.M. Univ. of N.M. Student 6 Dec 48 2255 Green N/S Sandia Base AEC Security Agent 7 Dec 48 2145 Green N/S Los Alamos AESS Inspector 8 Dec 48 1835 Green N/S Near Las Vegas, N.M. OSI Personnel 12 Dec 48 2102 Note 1 12 Dec 48 2102 Note 1 13 Dec 48 2130 Note 2 13 Dec 48 2215 Green N/S 20 mi. East of Las Vegas Civilian 14 Dec 48 0100 Green N/S Wagon Mound, N.M. Civilian 20 Dec 48 2054 Note 2 Note 3 28 Dec 48 0431 White N to S Los Alamos AESS Inspector 6 Jan 49 0310 Green E to W Los Alamos AESS Inspector 6 Jan 49 1730 Note 4 30 Jan 49 Note 5 14 Feb 49 1840 White-Greenish NE to SW Near Ganado, Ariz. Dr. Salsbury 17 Feb 49 Note 6
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.