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Green fireballs over New Mexico

started in 1949; occur typically in January or December/January period·New Mexico, Los Alamos area, Albuquerque·USAF·unresolved

Multiple reports of greenish-blue fireballs with flat trajectories observed over New Mexico and near Los Alamos, featuring no explosion despite apparent low altitude and size.

“there's a Dr., uh, Lincoln LaPaz down in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico who's been making a big deal out of these green fireballs. They appear to be, uh, similar to a meteor except that they have a definite flat trajectory. Uh, they're reported to be a brilliant, uh, greenish-blue color, and they, uh, they don't explode.”

Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D154.pdf · View original on war.gov

Case details

Date
started in 1949; occur typically in January or December/January period
Date exactness
Known to the year
Location
New Mexico, Los Alamos area, Albuquerque
Country
United States
Region
New Mexico
Branch
USAF
Sensors
eyewitness
Shape
greenish-blue fireballs with flat trajectory
Size
about a third or fourth the size of a full moon

Resolution

Possibly novel meteor type or aurora-related phenomenon; no fragments recovered; theories include Russian self-destruction missile or new meteor variant

Source document

Agency: DoW

File: DOW-UAP-D154.pdf

Case ID: UNDATED-USAF-B32231

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This sighting

New Mexico, Los Alamos area, Albuquerque / undated

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