UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950
DOW-UAP-D017 · page 80 of 116
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SECRET TO: Director, Intelligence & Security Division 7 January 1949 FROM: Chief, Physical Security Branch SUBJECT: Reported Observation of Unidentified Light or Flare Moving Across the Sky on 6 January 1949 1. On 7 January 1949, the writer interviewed Pfc. Meredith J. Everitt, ASN 38552954, Headquarters, 8450th M.P. Group, concerning the un-identified light or flare which he had reportedly seen moving across the sky. 2. Pfc. Everitt advised that on 6 January 1949 he was guarding a C-97 airplane at the landing strip, located adjacent to the Ordnance Area, when at approximately 1730 hours he noticed a bright object travelling across the sky, from the Southeast towards the Northwest. He related that the object was diamond shaped, approximately two feet long, and appeared to be much brighter in its center than at the edges. He estimated that the object was approximately 1500 to 2000 feet in the air and travelled approximately 500 feet, horizontal to the earth's surface, before he lost sight of it. Pfc. Everitt was unable to estimate the speed of the object but stated that he has seen low flying jet planes, and that this object travelled much faster than the jets that he has observed. There was no smoke or other vaporous material visible to Pfc. Everitt around or following the object. 3. At the time Pfc. Everitt witnessed the object, he stated that the sky was clear, furnishing a light blue background, and that the object appeared to be a bright white light, with no other apparent visible color. 4. Standing guard with Pfc. Everitt were Sgt. Richard Woleslegce and Cpl. Wilson, and according to Pfc. Everitt, neither of the other men saw the object. Everitt explained that he called to Sgt. Woleslegce, who was standing at the other end of the plane, and told him to look at the object in the sky, but by that time it had disappeared. 5. Pfc. Everitt stated that he attended Flight School, under the G.I. Bill of Rights in Houston, Texas, during the year 1947, and that he has had some experience in observing aircraft. /s/ MATTHEW J. DOYLE Chief, Physical Security Branch Intelligence & Security Division NOTE 4 SECRET NW 91526