Four Corners meteorite fall October 30, 1947
A tremendous meteorite fall occurred over the Four Corners reservation area on October 30, 1947 at approximately 2:48 PM, producing excellent observations but no recoverable material despite extensive ground and air searches.
“October 30, 19!!-7, about ~:48 in the afternoon there was, what appeared to be, a tr~nendous ~eteorite ~all. over the reaervetion area - the Four Corners Aref1.. We got thel-e m'Ghin a ver-y i'ew hours, had excellent observations, wnt back time 8lld age.in, cxhausted groUild search, CAP people in airplanes, we .bs.d e radio centered, we h.ad radio controlled jeeps and a lot of people out wal,k.. ing around not s. trace.”
Verbatim from DOE-UAP-D004.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1947-10-30
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Four Corners Area
- Country
- United States
- Unit
- Civil Air Patrol
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- meteorite
- Size
- tremendous
Resolution
No fragments recovered despite extensive search; visible train observed
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
Four Corners Area / 1947
- DOE-UAP-D004.pdf — Written report of this sighting