UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950

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could easily be made ror quickly nountins this equi~ent in an airplane cap&ble ot
o.s~enaing above the 40,000- toot l evsl, wllieh couli teke otr soon otter an event ot
the J'uly 24th kind, and fly a pattern that would ineludo nitl:. reasonable certainty
sO"C!e or the nateriol originating at the neteor u-ajectory.
A g_uiek approximate
deteroination of the tTejeetory wo11ld be required, of course, Wld 1f winds aloft
wore or considerable strength 1 t muld b& nocaseary to make due allowance tor ttlc:t:1
1n planning the :flie}lt.
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ADDED <l-l AWUS1' 101 1949:
Ao this report ,1aa being 1'1n1shea, an ntte:ipt naa :oade c.t on. airplane oollection
1'ollOm.ng the event o~ uzust 6.
The oolloetins eguiPmQnt ,1as installod in a B-25
from Kirtland Field nnd on the o.f'to:::-noon or .~ugust 8 , a flight wao ,u1e l!.«lich a was
hoped m18ht intercept somo of the meteoritic material.
An Interval or 41 hours had pussed before the take-oft, and the :ma:dnu.n alt1•
tudo roached waa 2.3,000 i"eet.
A rough attenpt was :!lade to include air tho.t wae
under the trajoctory, but distanl'}eo or sevoral hundred miles nore involved.
A few
oopI,>o:..~ ind:!cations were obtained, but they seemed definitely to be associated mth
material of surface oricin. l,o nickel or cobalt indications were ~ound.
AD. 0lcJ1or­
ate stud.7, which m.tq require more upper air data than ls available, should be oude
before 1 t is decided metber or not the t'lieht di a aotue.1ly include air that 8hould
have borne FOrticles trcm tho etoor trajectory.
NND 58378