USAF / AFOSI Project Blue Book files
Summary
A collection of USAF and OSI documents from 1949-1950 concerning security inspections and investigations into 'green fireballs' and other aerial phenomena, primarily in New Mexico. Includes scientific analysis of collected particles and a summary of sightings.
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Photograph· p.61· USAF
Photograph of Unknown Aerial Phenomena taken at Datil, New Mexico
Photograph· p.68· USAF
Chart of Number of Observations vs. Time of Sightings for Meteorites, Meteors, Green 'Fireballs', and 'Disks' or Variations
Photograph· p.96· USAF
Map of Tank Destroyer Center, Camp Hood, Texas. Scale 1:62,500, First Edition 1943.
Photograph· p.99· USAF
Map of Tank Destroyer Center, Camp Hood, Texas, with handwritten overlay showing points and paths.
Photograph· p.109· USAF
Map overlay for Camp Hood, Texas, showing sighting paths, angles, and a legend for objects sighted on March 6, 7, and 8, 1949.
Pages
HEADQUARTERS, DETACHMENT D 1100TH USAF SPECIAL REPORTING GROUP Campbell Air Force Base Camp Campbell, Kentucky 7 April 1949 SUBJECT: Security Inspection TO: Commanding General Sandia Base Albuquerque, New Mexico 1. Reference is made to SECRET letter, your headquarters, dated…
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7 April 1949 SUBJECT: Security Inspection 2. Cont'd. g. Pressure has been exerted to get the Post Engineers to keep the drainage system clear and to take measures to check the erosion. These efforts will be continued but little progress on erosion control can be expected until…
RICHARD W KLINE USAF
HEADQUARTERS SANDIA BASE Albuquerque, New Mexico AFSWP CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS LIBRARY 1949 FILE NO. 333.5 SUBJECT:
AFSWP
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION - NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES - SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO 10 August 1949 Dr. Lincoln LaPaz Institute of Meteoritics University of New Mexico Albuquerque, N. M. Dear Lincoln: I am inclosing two copies of the report you asked for, and hope that they s…
Lincoln LaPaz W.D. Crozier NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES Institute of Meteoritics University of New Mexico
R/D-tw 8-10-49
R/D-tw 8-10-49 AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT AIRBORNE PARTICLES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIREBALL OF JULY 24, 1949 By W. D. Crozier and Ben K. Seely NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES METHOD A fireball was reported to have passed over the general neighborhood of Socorro, New Mexico, at 8:26 p.m…
W. D. Crozier Ben K. Seely NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES
Page 2 dimension of the order of twenty or thirty microns. There were no SMALL particles, that is, no particles with a maximum dimension below 15 microns. Following the first collection, additional collections were made, under similar conditions, over a period of eight days. T…
TABLE Counts of Copper Particles in Collections at Socorro During Period July 25 to August 1, 1949 (Reduced to Particles per 102 liters of Air) Copper Counts Collec. Time Elapsed Wind* 1 - 15 15 - 30 30 Date Hour time Direction Micron Micron Micro…
Page 3 Attention is called particularly to the large number of SMALL particles in one of the 145-1/2-hour collections. The actual number in the collection was 140, for the five-minute run. Most of these were in the size range of two to five microns, and the principal difficulty…
page 4 could easily be made for quickly mounting this equipment in an airplane capable of ascending above the 40,000-foot level, which could take off soon after an event of the July 24th kind, and fly a pattern that would include with reasonable certainty some of the material or…
August 17, 1949 TO: Colonel Doyle Rees FROM: Lincoln LaPaz SUBJECT: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena. Sixth Report (attempts to collect volatilization products from green fireballs) (1) In an earlier report it has been pointed out that in spite of air and ground searchs in early…
Colonel Doyle Rees Lincoln LaPaz Dr. William Crozier Major Charles L. Phillips Colonel Harold A. Gunn Mr. Paul Taft New Mexico School of Mines New Mexico Proving Grounds UNM Research and Development Division
- 2 - 10:00 - 12:00 A.M. on July 26th. At this conference it became apparent that Dr. Crozier was inclined to attribute the unusually large copper fragments collected on July 25 at 10:00 A.M. ("which because of their size could not have been blown very far by surface winds") to… Dr. Crozier Mr. Seely Mr. Taft O.S.I. R.D. &D.
- 3 - the time of fall. Since we cannot assume complete stagnation of the air masses in the Socorro neighborhood for 145 hours, it must be supposed that such air motions as occurred were approximately compensating and resulted in the return of Dr. Crozier's tiny "five-micron par…
Dr. Crozier L. Rudaux Mr. Paul Taft Mr. Seely U.S. Weather Bureau
- 4 - from green fireballs, then the fireballs are not conventional meteorites. Copper is one of the rarest of the elements found in meteorites (See G.P. Merrill, Memoirs National Academy of Science, vol. 14 (1925), Table facing p. 27; and Harrison Brown, Journal of Geology, vol…
G.P. Merrill Harrison Brown Dr. Crozier Mr. Seely National Academy of Science
SBOP/4 333.1 REFER TO FILE NO. HEADQUARTERS, SANDIA BASE ALBUQUERQUE. NEW MEXICO SUBJECT: Board to Inspect Special Weapons Facilities at Strategic Air Command Stations TO: Commanding General Strategic Air Command Offutt Air Force Base Omaha, Nebraska 1. Reference is made to T…
Subj: Board to Inspect Special Weapons Facilities at Strategic Air Command Stations any unit to another command and station. It is suggested that this second board be empowered to recommend readjustment of movement schedule as circumstances indicate. FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER:…
D. H. GUINN USN
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HQ SAC
B/L from Sandia Base to SAC, dtd 5 Dec 49, subj: "Board to Inspect Special Weapons Facilities at SAC Stations SAC 353 (5 Dec 49) 1st Ind DO2C HEADQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska 19 DEC 49 TO: Commanding General, Sandia Base, Post Office Bo…
J. B. MONTGOMERY Sandia Base SAC STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND Eighth Air Force
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HEADQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE OMAHA, NEBRASKA SUBJECT: Inspection of Special Weapons Facilities at Strategic Air Command Stations TO: Commanding General Fifteenth Air Force March Air Force Base California 1. Your attention is invited to the inclosed…
LEMAY STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND Fifteenth Air Force Sandia Base SAC
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 17TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO DR/ms File No: (24-8)-28 25 May 1950 SUBJECT: Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena…
Joseph F. Carroll Lincoln LaPaz DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 17TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
File No: (24-8)-28 Subj: Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area, December 1948 - May 1950 25 May 1950 Director of the Institute of Meteoritics and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico. He was Research Ma…
LaPaz Rees DOYLE REES Institute of Meteoritics University of New Mexico New Mexico Proving Grounds OSRD
File No: (24-8)-28 Subj: Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area, December 1948 - May 1950 25 May 1950 DISTRIBUTION: 6 cys, Director of Special Investigations, Headquarters USAF 1 cy, CG, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio ATTN: Director…
B. O. Wells Joseph Kaplan H. E. Landsberg Headquarters USAF Air Materiel Command Special Weapons Command Armed Services Special Weapons Project
SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGS OF UNKNOWN AERIAL PHENOMENA Reported by the 17th District Office of Special Investigations (IG), Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico Number | Date | Time | Number of Observers | *Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | Apparent Direction of F…
17th District Office of Special Investigations (IG)
Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 2 Number | Date | Time | Number of Observers | *Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | Apparent Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trai…
OSI
Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 3 Number | Date | Time | Number of Observers | *Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | Apparent Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal or Vertical | Color | Trai…
OSI
Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 4 Number | Date | Time | Number of Observers | *Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | Apparent Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trai…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 5 Number | Date | Time | Number of Observers | *Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | Apparent Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trai…
OSI
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 Tr…
OSI
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 Tr…
OSI
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 Tr…
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Summary Number Date 'Time Lumber 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 Disappe…
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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 Disappear- ance *…
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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 Disappear- ance *…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 12 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 13 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 14 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 15 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 16 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 17 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 18 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 19 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 20 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…
OSI AFB
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 21 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 22 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 23 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 24 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 25 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 26 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 27 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 28 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 29 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 30 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 31 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…
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***See attached photograph. 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 Spee…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 33 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 34 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 35 Number Date Time Number of Observers *Reliability of Observers General Area of Occurrence Apparent Direction of Flight Apparent Altitude Course Horizontal or Vertical Color Train or Trail Duration…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 35 Number Date Time Number of Observers *Reliability of Observers General Area of Occurrence Apparent Direction of Flight Apparent Altitude Course Horizontal or Vertical Color Train or Trail Duration…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 37 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…
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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 38 Number Date Time Number of Observers *Reliability of Observers General Area of Occurrence Apparent Direction of Flight Apparent Altitude Course Horizontal or Vertical Color Train or Trail Duration…
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Sighting No. 175 Photograph of Unknown Aerial Phenomena taken at Datil, New Mexico by Cpl Lertis E. Stanfield, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on 24 and 25 Feb 1950. An analysis of the above photograph was made by Dr. Lincoln LaPaz, Head of the Institute of Meteoritics, Unive…
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INSTITUTE OF METEORITICS THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE May 23, 1950 To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees, Commanding Officer 17th District, O. S. I. From: Lincoln LaPaz, Director Institute of Meteoritics Subject: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) 1. In the second rep…
To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 2 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23, 1950 (6) In the case of genuine meteors the paths are directed to- ward all points of the compass with equal frequency. On the contrary in the case of the green fireballs, plots of adm…
Doyle Rees Mr. Konnig Mr. McCullough
To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 3 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23, 1950 to move horizontally. However, a strictly vertical infall is also very rarely observed in the case of genuine meteor falls. 3. An analysis just completed of the time distribution…
Doyle Rees Joseph Kaplan Von Karman Scientific Advisory Board
To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 4 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23, 1950 consider the most probable explanation of the green fireballs to be the one given in the first of the three paragraphs below which are quoted from my letter of 1950, February 20,…
Doyle Rees P. H. Wyckoff Dr. Teller Dr. Fred L. Whipple Dr. Peter M. Millman Atmospheric Physics Laboratory Base Directorate for Geophysical Research
To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 5 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23, 1950 that Dr. L. A. Manning, of Stanford, and Dr. Millman be placed in charge of the radar investigation; and, finally, that Dr. William Crozier, of the New Mexico School of Mines, be…
Doyle Rees Dr. L. A. Manning Dr. Millman Dr. William Crozier Major Oder Dr. Wyckoff
331-20 2020 PER INCH THE FREDERICK POST CO., CHICAGO, ILL. Legend …………… Meteorites ---------- Meteors - Green "Fireballs" -.-.- “Disks” or Variations METEORITE MAXIMUM METEOR MAXIMUM "DISK"or VARIATION MAXIMUM GREEN "FIREBALL" MAXIMUM Number of Observations 40 32 24 16 8 0 16 18…
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 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 Genera…
DOYLE REES Lincoln La Paz DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 17TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 17th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO 19 April 1949 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION: 1. This is a comprehensive summary of all observations of…
Dr. Lincoln LaPaz DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 17th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION (Cont) 19 April 1949 sufficient information to warrant inclusion of such facts as they did possess. Any interview where the veracity of the interviewee was doubted was discounted in the preparation of reports for transmittal. 1 Incl Tabular Summary w/notes…
Date Time 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 21…
Dr. Salsbury USAF AEC Security Agent AESS Inspector OSI
Date Time Color Course Seen From Seen By 27 Feb 49 1905 Green W to E Los Alamos AESS Lieutenant 2 Mar 49 0010 N/S N to S Los Alamos AESS Inspector 3 Mar 49 0159 Green Down Los Alamos AESS Sergeant 8 Mar 49 1836 White- Greenish 275 to 289 Los Alamos AESS Inspector 8 Mar 49 1835 No…
AESS
EXTRACT FROM REPORT SUBMITTED BY DR. LAPAZ ON 20 DECEMBER 1948: December 14: 1:00 a.m., Mr. Mimo Sanchez (Wagon Mound, N.M.) 2. The Real Path of the Only Green Fireball so Far Observed at Two Separate Stations. Among the numerous observations so far made, there is only one pair o…
DR. LAPAZ Mr. Mimo Sanchez
TO: Colonel Doyle Rees December 20, 1948 3.4 In the case of meteorites that penetrate to as low levels as that determined for the fireball of December 12, the observed luminous phe- nomena are always accompanied by very violent noises. No noises whatever have been observed in con…
INCIDENTS OF 13 AND 20 DECEMBER 1948: The unusual feature of these two incidents is that there were reports of two red lights trailing the green fireball. In each case observers agreed that the trailing lights retained a constant position with respect to each other and to the gre…
Atomic Energy Security Service
COPY INCLOSURE #6 The University of New Mexico Albuquerque Institute of Meteoritics December 30, 1948 TO: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees, Commanding Officer District No. 17 Office of Special Investigations From: Lincoln LaPaz, Director Institute of Meteoritics Subject: Anomalous luminous…
Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees Lincoln LaPaz William D. Wilson Buford G. Truett Clifford E. Strang George S. Skipper Office of Special Investigations AESS
Lt. Col. Doyle Rees -2- December 30, 1948 It is found that the fireball doubly observed by Messrs. Wilson, Truett, Strang, and Skipper appeared at a height of at least 10 miles and descended at an angle of about 45° to the vertical (according to Truett's estimate) to point C at a…
Lt. Col. Doyle Rees Messrs. Wilson, Truett, Strang, and Skipper
TO: Director, Intelligence & Security Division 7 January 1949 FROM: Chief, Physical Security Branch SUBJECT: Reported Observation of Unidentified Light or Flare Moving Across the Sky on 6 January 1949 1. On 7 January 1949, the writer interviewed Pfc. Meredith J. Everitt, ASN 3855…
Pfc. Meredith J. Everitt Sgt. Richard Woleslegoe Cpl. Wilson MATTHEW J. DOYLE Intelligence & Security Division Physical Security Branch 8450th M.P. Group
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE Institute of Meteoritics February 21, 1949 TO: Lt Colonel Doyle Rees, Commanding Officer District No. 17 Office of Special Investigations From: Lincoln LaPaz, Director Institute of Meteoritics Subject: Anomalous luminous phenomena (4th rep…
Lt Colonel Doyle Rees Lincoln LaPaz Mr. Nesbett Major William Godsoe Lt Paul Ryan Lt H. K. Cobean Office of Special Investigations Fourth Army OSI CAP
3. As a result of the ground and air searches referred to above, and of an analysis of the very large amount of information obtained from eyewitnesses by personal interviews, by telephone conversations and by letter, it has now (three weeks after the fall) become clear that sever…
LINCOLN LAPAZ OSI
INCIDENTS OF 17 FEBRUARY AND 27 MARCH: In each of these incidents the following description applies: a. Color - Red, orange, pink, or amber b. Shape - Elongated, about five to ten times as long as wide. c. Consistency - Apparently solid, but flexible. Did not appear to be vapor o…
INCIDENT OF 8 MARCH 1949: This incident was reported by an AESS Inspector on duty at Los Alamos. The object appeared to be an eliptical, rather stubby, aluminum body sur- rounded or covered with billowy flame. There may have been projections similar to stubby control surfaces and…
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REFER TO FILE NO. SBID/1 HEADQUARTERS. SANDIA BASE ALBUQUERQUE. NEW MEXICO MAR 31 1949 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects TO: The Chief Armed Forces Special Weapons Project P. O. Box 2610 Washington 25, D. C. ATTENTION: Chief, Intelligence & Security Division 1. Reference is ma…
Richard Mandelkorn MARVIN F. POUND SANDIA BASE Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Intelligence & Security Division Fourth Army
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AFSWP
SWPIN/380.01 1st Ind Headquarters, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, P. O. Box 2610, Washington 25, D. C., 27 April 1949. TO: Commanding General, Sandia Base, P. O. Box 51-00, Albuquerque, N. M. Inclosures listed in basic communication have been noted and are returned herewit…
MAJOR GENERAL NICHOLS TOXIN C. HEALEY Armed Forces Special Weapons Project U. S. Air Force
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AF SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT
18 February 1949 REPORT OF TRIP TO LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, 16 FEBRUARY 1949, BY COMMANDER RICHARD S. MANDELKORN, U.S.N., RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, SANDIA BASE. Subject: Project "Grudge". 1. On 16 February, a conference was held at Los Alamos to consider the so-called gre…
RICHARD S. MANDELKORN N. E. Bradbury Marshall Holloway Fred Reines John Manley Edward Teller U.S.N. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION SANDIA BASE AEC
This document consists of 4 Page. No. 1 of 1 copies, Series B Report of Trip to Los Alamos, 16 Feb 49 (Cont.) 18 February 1949 3. Dr. LaPaz stated that he had been assisting the Military for the past two months at their request in the investigation of the subject problem, and w…
Dr. LaPaz Mr. Hoyt
This document consists of 4 Page. Series B Report of Trip to Los Alamos, 16 Feb 49 (Cont.) 18 February 1949 average during December, January, and February, yet no green fireballs have been reported in any other areas. They seemed to be confined to the Los Alamos, Las Vegas, and…
Mr. Teller Mr. Bradbury Dr. LaPaz Captain Neef Commander Mandelkorn Navy
Series B 4 Page Report of Trip to Los Alamos, 16 Feb 49 (Cont.) 18 February 1949 until their source and meaning have been satisfactorily explained. Although Mr. Teller's discussion tends to disprove the hypothesis that guided missiles or informer vehicles are responsible, there…
Mr. Teller Captain Neef Richard Mandelkorn Major William A. Godsoe Brig. Gen. Howard G. Bunker U.S.N. Fourth Army, G-2 USAF USAF FOFAE
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SUMMARY OF INFORMATION DATE 24 March 1949 PREPARING OFFICE Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas SUBJECT Unusual Lights 452.1 AKADB CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION: COMPLETELY RELIABLE A CONFIRMED B…
Horace McCulloch Raymond Schmidieke Headquarters Fourth Army 2d Armored Division DI GSUSA
920.00 870.00 3&4 + 2 + 1 + 905.00 850.00 TANK DESTROYER CENTER CAMP HOOD, TEXAS SCALE 1:62,500 FIRST EDITION 1943 Exhibit I NW 91526
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION DATE 18 March 1949 PREPARING OFFICE Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas SUBJECT UNUSUAL LIGHTS (452.1 AKADB) CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION: COMPLETELY RELIABLE A CONFIRMED…
McCullough Headquarters Fourth Army AFSWP 2nd Armored Division
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION DATE 18 March 1949 PREPARING OFFICE Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas SUBJECT UNUSUAL LIGHTS (452.1 AKADB) CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION: COMPLETELY RELIABLE A CONFIRMED…
Headquarters Fourth Army Federal Bureau of Investigation Office of Naval Intelligence Director of Intelligence
To Sandia SECRET MAP: TANK DESTROYER CENTER, CAMP HOOD, TEXAS SCALE: 1:2500 (First Edition 1943) 920 865 3 2 5 6 1 7 905000 Yards 850000 Yards SECRET NW 91526
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452.1 AKADB 17 March 1949 SUBJECT: Unusual Lights TO: Commanding General Sandia Base P. O. Box 51-00 Albuquerque, New Mexico ATTN: AC of S, G-2 The attached Summary of Information, this office, subject as above, 16 March 1949, re reports of "lights" observed over Camp Hood, Texas…
EUSTIS L. POLAND GSC
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION DATE 16 March 1949 PREPARING OFFICE Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas SUBJECT Unusual Lights 452.1 AKADB CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION: COMPLETELY RELIABLE A CONFIRMED B…
Hubert J. Vickery John C. Ransom Fourth Army Sandia Base AFSWP 1st Provost Security Sq
S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights"
S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights" d. Object sighted: (1) Number: 1 (2) Shape: Oblong (3) Size: Described as "about 2 ft by 1 ft" (4) Color: Pale blue-white light (5) Speed: Not known (6) Direc…
Sgt Vickery Pfc Ranson Martin M. Fensterman Frank (NMI) Luisi Headquarters Fourth Army 42nd AIB
S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj. "Unusual Lights"
SECRET S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj. "Unusual Lights" 3. From observation point #3 (see attached overlay). a. Location: 914.5 - 856.1; Time: About 2045 hours. b. Weather: Overcast (see attached weather rep…
Harold D. Moore Robert Gardner Black Headquarters Fourth Army 42nd AIB
S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights"
SECRET S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights" (11) Remarks: This observer is a Harvard graduate. Used stars to mark bearing and elevation of sighting. Stated he had never seen anything like this ph…
Paul C. Bryant Francesca (NMI) Lenardo Savino E. Digni Headquarters Fourth Army 42nd AIB
S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights"
SECRET S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights" (5) Speed: Not known (6) Direction: S 20° W (7) Maneuverability: None--fixed flash (8) Altitude: 26° above horizon (9) Sound: None (10) Exhaust trail:…
Max Eugene Manlove Charlie H. Payne Headquarters Fourth Army 1st Provost Security Sq 42nd AIB
S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights"
SECRET S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights" d. Object sighted: (1) Number: 1 (2) Shape: Roundish head with hazy smoke trail. (3) Size: Not known (4) Color: Pale white light at head (5) Speed: Not…
Luke Burke Sims Headquarters Fourth Army 42nd AIB
S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights"
S/I, Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 16 March 1949, subj, "Unusual Lights" without the fence. The Security Officer of Site Baker is investigating. He stated the light was not carried by any of the AFSWP personnel. Investigation conti…
Headquarters Fourth Army AFSWP 2nd Armored Division USAF
865 7 MAR NO. 4, START AZ N 56°W ELEV 15° NO. 7 N 6° E ELEV. START 4° FINISH 1° NO. 6 START AZ N 74°W 6 MAR NO. 6 FINISH AZ N 81° W ELEV 6° ELEV 45° 8 MAR NO. 3 START AZ S 81°W ELEV 21° 6 7 NO. 4 FINISH AZ S 64°W ELEV 15° NO. 3 FINISH S 60°W ELEV 6°30' 6 MAR 850000 YDS 7 MAR LENG…
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U.S. AF, AIR WEATHER SERVICE SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS STATION Det 24-17 MONTH MAR DAY 6 YEAR 49 TIME (LST) | TYPE | CEILING | SKY | VISIBILITY | WEATHER | SEA LEVEL PRESS | TEMP | DEW PT | WIND DIR | SPEED | GUST | ALTIMETER | REMARKS 0730 | E200 | 10 | | 129 57 55 | 3 | | 98…
U.S. AF, AIR WEATHER SERVICE
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U.S.A.F, AIR WEATHER SERVICE SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS STATION Det 24-17 MONTH Mar DAY 7 YEAR 49 TIME (LST) | TYPE | CEILING | SKY | VISIBILITY | WEATHER | SEA LEVEL PRESS | TEMP | DEW PT | WIND DIR | SPEED | GUST | ALTIMETER | REMARKS 0730 | 220 | 15 | | 251 47 37 | 5 | | 026…
U.S.A.F, AIR WEATHER SERVICE
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U.S. AF AIR WEATHER SERVICE SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS STATION Det 24-17 MONTH March DAY 8 YEAR 49 TIME (LST) | TYPE | CEILING | SKY | VISIBILITY | WEATHER | SEA LEVEL PRESS | TEMP | DEW PT | WIND DIR | SPEED | GUST | ALTIMETER | REMARKS 0730 | W5 | F | | 125 56 55 | 4 | | 991…
U.S. AF AIR WEATHER SERVICE
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