Los Alamos Conference on Aerial Phenomena, 1949

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Conference on AERIAL PREROMENA
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illuminated by the sun. In tl.\e caee of the irona, it v.lll be very ta.int,
bt1t it Oll be there it you lool; for 1t. In the ease of the Four Corners Fail,
tlw.t train ,ras obeerved. and I m inclined to believe that it might have been
a conventiona.l meteorite fll.ll. In the ca.Be of the green fireballs, to my
knouledge, no such train haa been observed..
Tha:;:; question is always asked
of people - did you observe a lo:ng enduring train; their replies were al,mys
necative.
Comdr. Manclelkorn:
Then you ,rould say there vere 10 incidents which are
a.nalogoua to the green. fireballs, with reports checked by a. sufficient number
of in epcnden-t observers, that thdre io no doubt whatsoever of their occurrence?
Di-. La.Paz:
Tha.t 1 s right.
Cc,n:.dr. Mu.nd.elkorn:
Then there are ~O with some cleviationa, two of these
, prcbably are r~leted to the green fireba.Ue ... . .
Dr. Lal'ez: I believe two of those 1J:.c1dents I mentioned occurred before the
5th of December. A very remarkable one of the 4th of August .. note that that
again 1s vory close to the titte of . . • . . meteor ohower . . . . . . Fram le.te in
July on and my report will be producing qu1te a number of thel!le ........ , but
it is p~ically imposeible vith this particul.Ar obaerva.tion tram near .•....
Oregon.•...
Dr. Bradbury: Th~n their directions ,rere wrons?
Dr. La.Paz:
Ao a n-.atter or fact, ve can1t tell because they were single
oboervatione. Maybe I ehould :pasc th,_t letter around, but it is, I believe,
the i"iret detailed report on vhat might be chsracterized as a typical green
fireball.. After the Oscar ..... incident of January l, 1948, was merely a
remarkable green flo.Gh, ~'hich might have had some other interpretation.
(Dr. LaPnz ebowed some letters around the tc.ble., and ~re ,ro.s
general talk not able to be picked up ind.1vidually. )
Major Godsoe:
The baaic purpose of t.n:1.a meeting is: ve want you to find a
meteor!
Mr. Hewburger:
Have the mili"c.ary - e.ey-one from the National Defense estab­
liohment - given us ODything? Sent out any coDJectures about this tl:fog?
Major God.soe: :No, most o~ the mil1tary a.uthorities think ve are crackpots;
that is, except for the Army Air Force, -which is taking an active interest in
details.
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Mr. Nevburger:
The Air Poree does -have the primary interest in this gadget?
Major Godsoe:
Yes, the Air Force is -~e gathering, reporting agency tor this
phG.'D.OOlenon.