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CONFIDENTIAL 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 or Vertical | Color | Train or Trail | Duration of Conservation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Manner of Disappearance | **Evaluation 1950 | 11 Mar | 0100 | 1 | R | Holloman AFB, New | App 270° | About 30° a- bove horizon at dis- tance of 50 miles | Straight flight | Changed from light orange to blood red to amber to light green | None | 5 mts | None | Ping pong ball | Ping pong ball held at arm's length | | Disappeared from view | (2) 191 | 16 Mar | 1100 | 10 | Unk | Farmington, New Mexico | N to NE | | Turned on their axis & maneuvered up & down | Bright luminous as tin foil | None | 3-5 mts | None | Flat spher- iodic | 1 to 6" | Faster than conventional aircraft | Discontinued observation | (2) 192 | 16 Mar | 1000 | 10 | Unk | Farmington, New Mexico | NE | Over 20,000' | Skyward at 60°-80° | Bright aluminum | None | 30 mts | None | Oval & ob- long | 1/16" - 1/2" held at arm's length | Faster than conventional aircraft | Gradually disappeared | (2) 193 | 17 Mar | 0310 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | Toward earth | | Toward earth | Reddish then green | None | 1 sec | None | | | | Appeared to fall to earth | (3) 194 | 17 Mar | 0308 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | NE | | Level flight | Greenish yellow | None | 3 secs | None | Round | 1/4 size of full moon | Moderate | Like light going out | (3) CONFIDENTIAL Page 35