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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
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17TH 0t9TRICT OF"FICE CF" SPECIAL lNVESTtGATI ONS
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SUBJECT :
Summary or Observations ~erial Phenomena in the New
Mexico Area, December 1948 -
Uay 1950
TO :
Brigadier Gener al Joseph F . Carroll
Director of Special· Invest.igations
Headquarters USAF
Washington 25 , D . C.
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In a liaison meeting with other military and government intel­
ligence and investigat1ve agencies in December 1948, it was determined
that the frequency of unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Me~dco area
was such that an organized plan of r eporting these observations should be
undertaken .
The organization a_~d physical location of units of this Dis­
trict were mo~t suitable for collecting these data , therefore , since
December 1948, this District 'has assumed the responsibility for collect­
ing and reporting basic informati on with respect to nerial phenomena
occurring in this general area . These r eports have been distributed to
the Air Materiel Command , USAF , in accordance v1ith Air Intelligence
Requirements No . 4 , and to other interested military and government
agencies .
2.
Ther e is attached. as a part of this summary, a compilation of
aerial phenomena sightings that have occurred mostly in the Ne,·1 Mexico
area and have been reported by this Distr ict Office subsequent to
December 1948.
This compilation of sightings is not a complete record
of all reported observations , but includes only those in which sufficient
i nformation was available to justify their inclusion.
The observers of
these phenomena include scientists , Special Agents of the Office of
Special Investigations (IG) USAF , air line pilots , military pilots , Los
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Ala.mos Security Inspectors , military personnel . and many other persons
of various occupations whose reliability is not questioned .
This com­
.lJ!lilation sets forth the most important characteristics with respect to
~/ach observation and evaluates each sighting into one of thr ee classifi­
ations , (1) green fireball phenomenon, (2) disc or variation , and (5)
~ robably meteoric.
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There is also att~~cf an anal~fs of the green fireball
occurrences in this aren made by Dr. LinSoI r l.a?az .
Dr. LaPaz is the ~
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