25 May 1950
(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)
Source: NICAP.org
Quote from the document (not written in U.S.
Department of Defense document format):
“1. In
a liaison meeting with other military and government intelligence and
investigative agencies in December 1948, it was determined that the frequency
of unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Mexico area was such that an organized
plan of reporting these observations should be undertaken. The organization and
physical location of units of this District were most suitable for collecting
these data, therefore, since December 1948, this District has assumed the
responsibility for collecting and reporting basic information with respect to
aerial phenomena occurring in this general area. These reports have been
distributed to the Air Materiel Command, USAF, in accordance with Air
Intelligence Requirements No. 4, and to other interested military and
government agencies.
4. On 17 February 1949 and again on 14 October 1949,
conferences were held at Los Alamos, New Mexico, for the purpose of discussing
the green fireball phenomena. Representatives of the following organizations
were present at these meetings: Fourth Army, Armed Forces Special Weapons
Project, University of New Mexico, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Atomic
Energy Commission, University of California, U.S Air Force Scientific Advisory
Board, Geophysical Research Division Air Material Command USAF, and the Office
of Special Investigations (IG) USAF. A logical explanation was not proffered
with respect of the origin of the green fireballs. It was, however, generally
concluded that the phenomena existed and that they should be studied
scientifically until these occurrences have been satisfactorily explained.
Further, that the continued occurrence of unexplained phenomena of this nature
in the vicinity of sensitive installations is cause for concern.
6. This summary of observations of aerial phenomena
has been prepared for the purpose of re-emphasizing and reiterating the fact
that phenomena have continuously occurred in the New Mexico skies during the
past 18 months and are continuing to occur, and secondly, that these phenomena
are occurring in the vicinity of sensitive military and government
installations.”
The letter was sent from Lieutenant Colonel Doyle
Rees, USAF, District Commander, to Brigadier General Joseph F. Carroll,
Director Of Special Investigations, Headquarters USAF, Washington, D.C.
Quote from the NICAP.org e-mail post that pertains to
this document:
“Form: 97 Research Report
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:48:32 +0000 (GMT)
From: daniel wilson <daniejon2000@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Summary of Observations of Aerial
Phenomena
New Mexico Area, Dec
1949 to May 1950
To: Francis
Ridge
<nicap@insightbb.com>
(Note: This page was updated 14 Oct 2007 to include
text for search engine purposes. See bottom of this report. - Fran Ridge)
For 18 months over 1949, 1950, unidentified flying
objects had been sighted over New
Mexico. They were green balls of light, generally
flying horizontally in complete silence, and they were often spotted near
sensitive military installation, including nuclear installations. In February
and October 1949, two confidential conferences between scientists, intelligence
personal, were held at Los Alamos,
New Mexico, to evaluate what the
‘green fireballs’ were. The conclusion was that they were not explainable in
terms of common phenomenon and that scientific study must be continued. The
document underneath indicates it.
Page
ID (PID) :
NARA-PBB91-477 - 479
Collection : NARA Blue Book Microfilm
Roll Description : Project
Blue Book Roll 91”
The U.S. Air Force project to investigate the “Green Fireball” phenomenon was called
Project Twinkle.
Wikipedia article: “Project Blue Book”:
Wikipedia article: “Green fireballs”:
Wikipedia article: “Air Materiel Command”:
Wikipedia article: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”:
Wikipedia article: “Sandia National Laboratories”:
Wikipedia article: “White Sands Missile Range”:
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