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,...-ANDARI> •ORM NO, 64
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i:e Memorandum • UNITED STATES• GOVERNMENT
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DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: March 22, 1949
FROM
SAC, SAN ANTONIO
SU:BJ ECT:
PTIOTECTION OF VITJ,.L INSTALLATIONS
BUREAU FILE 65-58300
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Re San Antonio letter t o the Director dated January 31, 1949, which outlined
discussion had at recent nec!:ly Intelligence Conferences of G-2, ONI, OSI and
FBI in the Fourth :.my Area concerning 11Unidentifi ed Aircraft" or 11Unidentified
Areial Phenomena" •therwise kno\'m as 11flying di scs11 ,
11Flying saucers" and 11balls
of fire". It is repeated that this matter is considered secret by Intelligence
Officers of both the Anny and the Air Force.
G-2, 4th Anny, has non advised that the above matter is now termed 11Unconven­
tional Aircraft" and investigations concerning such matters have been given
the name 11Project Grudge" .
G-2, 4th Anny, advised on Febr uary 16, 1949, a conference was held at Los
,'i.].amos, Nen Mexico, to consider the t,o-called 11Green fire ball phenomena"
11hich began about December 5, 1948.
I t was brought out this question has been
classified. "secret" and that investigation is now the primary responsibility
of the U.S •. Air Force, Air Eateriel Comm.and, T- 2 .
Dr. LilTCOLM Lf~ PAZ of the University of New Mexico, discussed one siting which
he himself had made which was termed the "Starvation peak incident11 and des­
cribed the following characteristics which indicated that the phenomenon
could not be classified as a normal meteorite fall.
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There was an initial bright light (no period of intensity increase)
and constant intensity during the duration of the phenomenon.
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Yellm1 green color about 5200 Angstroms .
3 . Essentially horizontal path.
4. Trajectory traversed at constant angular velocity.
5. Duration about tY:o seconds.
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No accompanying noise.
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