UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950

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File No: (24- 8)- 28
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Stnnmary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in
25 May 1950
the New Mexico Ar ea, December 1948 -
May 1950
Dir ector of the Institute of Meteoritics and Head of the Department of
Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico .
He was Re­
search Mathematician at the New Mexico Proving Grounds under ah OSRD
appointment in 1943 and 1944, and Technical Dir ector of the Opera·cion s ·
Analysis Section, Headquar ters, Second Air Force , 1944- 45. Since 1948,
Dr. LaPaz has served on a voluntary basis as consultant for this Dis­
trict in connection with the green fireball investigations.
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On 17 February 1949 and again on 14 October 1949, conferences
wer e held at Los Alamos, New ~iexico, for the purpose of discussing the
green fir ebal l phenomena.
Representatives of the following organizations
were present· at these meetings : Fourth Arrrr:1 , Armed Forces Special ',1feo.­
pons Project, University of New Mexico, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
U. s. Atomic Energy Connnission, University of California, u. s. Air Force
Scientific Advisory Board, Geophysical Research Division Air Materiel
Command USAF , and the Office of Special Investigations (IG) USAF.
A
logical explanation was not proffered with respect to the origin of tho
green fireballs .
It was , however, genero.lly concluded that tho pheno­
mena existed and that they should be studied scienti fically until these
occurr ences have been satisfactorily explained.
Further, that tho
continued occurrence of unexplained phenomena of this nature in the
vicinity of sensitive installations is cause for concern.
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·The Geophysical Research Division, Air 11ateriol Command,
Cambridgo , Hassachusotts , ho.s recently let a contract to Land-Air , Inc.,
Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, New Mexico, for a limited scientific study of
green fireballs .
The results of this scientific o.pproach to the pr oblem
will undoubtedly be of great value in determining the origin of these
phenomena.
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This sununary of observations of aerial phenomena has been
prepar ed for the purpose of re- emphasizing and r eiterating the fact
that phenomena have continuously occurred in the New Mexico skies
during the past 18 months o.nd are continuing to occur, and , secondly,
that these phenomena are occurring in the vicinity of sensitive mili­
tary o.nd government installati ons .
4 Incls
1. Summary of Sightings
2. Photo of Sighting No . 175
w/oomments
3 . Ltr fr Dr . LaPaz to Lt Col
Rees, dtd 23 May 50
4 . Graph indicating maximums
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