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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 Trail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Manner of Disappearance |
117 | 1949
27 Sep | 0300 | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base,
New Mexico | SE to NW | 15° - 20°
above horizon | Traveling
in arc to-
ward earth | Bright
green | None | 2
secs | None | Round | Same size
as perime-
ter fence
light at
distance
of about
200 yds. | 45° in 2
secs. | Brighten
then went
out |
118 | 27 Sep | 0130 | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base,
New Mexico | S to N | 20°
above horizon | Made a gen-
tle arc
toward
earth | Dark
blue | Yes | 2
secs | None | Coni-
icle
w/tail
twice
its
dia-
meter | Looked
like a
sky
rocket | 50° in 2
secs. | Burnt out | (3)
(1)
119 | 27 Sep | 0130 | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base,
New Mexico |  | 45°
above horizon | Moving
tangent to
earth | Green | None | 1 sec | None | Round | Fist at
arm's
length | 20° in 1
sec | Burnt out | (3)
(1)
120 | 30 Sep | 2257 | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base,
New Mexico | S to W | 55° to
horizon |  | Yellow
orange | None | 2 - 3
secs | None |  | Slightly
larger than
shooting
star | 200 - 300
mph |  | (1)
121 | 2 Oct | 2110 | 1 | R | Los Alamos,
New Mexico |  | 20,000 -
30,000' | Went up &
then down | Bright
green | Yes | 3
secs |  |  |  |  |  | (1)
122 | 6 Oct | 1745 | 1 | Unk | Mescalero,
New Mexico |  | 15 1/2
above horizon | Descended
in slight
arc | Dark
green | None | 30
secs | None | Round | Big ball |  | Disappeared
behind hills | (1)

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