UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950

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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 | Evaluation
123 | 1949 6 Oct | 1800 1845 | 1 | Unk | Mescalero, New Mexico |  | 18° above horizon |  | Green | None | 7 - 9 secs | None | Round | 1/2 size of thumb at arm's length | Moving slowly | Disappeared behind a hill | (1)
124 | 6 Oct | 1758 1 | 1 | R | Alamogordo, New Mexico | E to W |  | Straight angular descent | Bluish white possibly lt. green tinge | None | 4 secs | None | Circular | 3 times the size of Jupiter or Venus | 5° per sec. |  | (1)
125 | 6 Oct | 1800 1 | 1 | Unk | Alamogordo, New Mexico |  | 4°20' to 7°30' |  | Green | None | 5 - 6 secs | None | Round | Size of baseball at arm's length |  |  | (1)
126 | 6 Oct | 1750 1 | 1 | R | Albuquerque, New Mexico | E to W |  | Curved descent approaching vertical | Greenish white | None | 1 sec | None | Similar to very flare | 1/2 size of thumb at arm's length |  | Abrupt | (1)
127 | 6 Oct | 1750 1 | 1 | R | Wagon Mound, New Mexico | E to W |  | Horizontal | Greenish white | None | 3 - 4 secs | None | Round | 1 1/2" - 2" in diameter | App. that of meteor | Went out like electric light | (1)
128 | 6 Oct | 1758 1 | 1 | Unk | Albuquerque, New Mexico | NE to SW |  | At tail end of its course it arched over and fell | Brilliant green | None | 10 secs | None | Tear drop |  |  | Seemed to burn out | (1)

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