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Kirtland Field and Arizona fireball color shift

Sunday night·Kirtland Field; Arizona·USAF·unresolved

An object observed on a Sunday night was seen from Kirtland Field (bronze color) and from Arizona (green color until it turned straight down), showing directional discrepancies between observation points.

“One of our men vus returnuag Sumay night vhen our tover operator aav this object to the Southwest from Kirtland Field am .... Arizona reported it was Southeast from them. F'rom. the ltirtland tover it was a bronze color. The time checlta, but frcn .•.. Arizona it w.s green until it turned straight down and ve·e-rea.”

Verbatim from DOE-UAP-D004.pdf · View original on war.gov

Case details

Date
Sunday night
Date exactness
Not exact
Location
Kirtland Field; Arizona
Country
United States
Region
New Mexico; Arizona
Branch
USAF
Unit
Kirtland Field tower
Sensors
eyewitness, radar
Shape
fireball

Resolution

Color shifted from bronze to green; changed direction turning straight down

Source document

Agency: DoE

File: DOE-UAP-D004.pdf

Case ID: UNDATED-USAF-6A96A7

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Kirtland Field; Arizona / undated

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