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UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950

U.S. Department of War · 1948 · 116 pages · text by OCR

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.

  • p. 20 …The observers of these phenomena include scientists, Special Agents of the Office of Special Investigations (IG…
  • p. 21 …Air Materiel Command USAF, and the Office of Special Investigations (IG) USAF. A logical explanation was…
  • p. 23 SULITARY OF SIGHTINGS OF UNKNOWN AERIAL FILMING Reported by the 17th District Office of Special Investigations…
  • p. 70 380.01 333.5 THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 17TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS KIRTLAND AIR…
  • p. 71 …OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO 19 April 1949 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION…
  • p. 78 …Colonel Doyle Rees, Commanding Officer District No.17 Office of Special Investigations From: Lincoln LaPaz, Director…
  • p. 81 …Lt Colonel Doyle Rees, Commanding Officer District No.17 Office of Special Investigations From: Lincoln LaPaz…
  • p. 95 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION DATE 24 March 1949 PREPARING OFFICE Office of the AG of S, G…
  • p. 98 …Director of Intelligence; Air Material Command; Office of Special Investigations, Kirtland Air Force Base; and Commanding…
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Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 116 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.