UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950

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Docrnnber 30, 1918
Lt. Col. Doyle Reos
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It is found that the f i r eball doubly obse rved by Messrs . Wilson, Truett)
Strang, a.nd Ski pper a.ppenred at a height of at l east 10 miles and desccndcci
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an angle of about 45° to the vertical (according to Truett ' s estimate) t0'
point C at an elevation of only 2 . 3 miles abo7C the horizontal plan0 t·1rc1 •
tho point from which Strang and Skippe r obse rved.
As the firoball aF1?··o') :·
the point C, its pa.th l evelled off and from C to its point of d.i:sappoarcm:..,
E, the fireball followed a nearly horizontal path appr oximat e l y 7. 5 mi:cs
moving with o. velocity of between 3. 75 and 7. 5 mile s p-:,r second , dep.:: 'ldin;_
the duration estimat o adopted .
The coordina tos of t he projocti on of C on •.!
earth arc 35° 56', N, 106° 30 t Vf, and those of t he pr ojection of E o.rc 3fi,
57 1 N, 106° 23 ' w.
The forward extension of the fireball ' s tro.cc on tho ...
as dete rmined by the above projections , passes some six mi l es to tho nox-c., •
the town of Los Alnmos .
It should be noted t hut the d escending; branch of t h-'l pc..th of the fir : • • •
wu.s observed by I nspector Truett alone, but he was absolute ly certain thr.1. ~
his observati on of t h is portion of t he path was correct.
It should also 1x
noted tha t no sound was heard, a l though tho d istance from the obscr vc.,r s ·co ·; " :
firebnl l and from the fireball to the et'l.rth could havo been only 11 fow mi::.-- ~.
a t most .
I have no hosito.ncy in testifying that ap object possessinr; tho - . ••
path o.nd the other poculio.ritios observed by l'liessrs . Wilson1 Truett,, Stro,1~.,
and Skipper was not a falling meteorite .
U.L.,'-.,J.
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