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_ Office Memor~ ‘dum ° - UNITED STATS ¢ _GOVERNMENY susjact | ; . ” SULVARY o RIAL cpr " me : ae a a ok PHENOMENA IN NE¥ vEXICO a ae mee oe: Say ge oe HISCELLAVEOUS =~ INFORMATION CONCERNING aN) 215 ver a PURPOSE + ee pe cot: | fm we To adutse thats (1) OSI has expressed’ concern connection with the continued appearance of unerplained when meng described as green fireballs, discs and neteors in_the eo hee : hy of sensttive installattons tn New Mertco. (2) “i Mirae of the Universtty of New Mexico, reported that the , <i - ‘4 does pot appear to be of meteortc ‘origin. (3) OSI has contracted * with See, Alamogordo, New Merico, to make r sotentifie Jd: study of the nerpiatned phenomena. . + -_ NATURE OF PHENOMENA oo Foe os F ; =. Observations of aerial phenomena oceurring | within the“: OS vicintty of sensitive installations have been recorded by the. ~~ oAdr Force atnce December, 1948. The phenomena have been | ~~*:.’ ™ classified into 3 general types which ore tdentified as fotvins - ~ noe oy “2. Green fireballs, ebjects moving at high speed © in shapes resembling nalf moons, circles ond discs emttting © green light. ae oe REE vine & Discs, round flat shaped objects or phenonena’ ore a moving at fast velocity and emitting a brilltant white Bice _ _ oF reflected ight. | aA a aore 3. Meteors, aerial phenomena resembling meteorte natertal | moving at htgh velocity and varying in color. ee The above phenomena have been reported to vary tn - color fron brilltant, white to anber, red and greens _ sa 1 a Since 1948, “Gpprorinotely 150 observations of aertal a! phenomena referred to Gbove have been recorded in the vicinity. -Jlof installetions in New VWerico. <A number of observattons have ape been reported by different reliable tndividucis at approximately the same tine. — : ool at eg ee &. oT RECORDED «2 rf Litt, if. = PVG * ce sige ce INDEXED 2 eto Oo De ee LS AS Og rs ee, ver, : —- ; a. eres Te wa pee | me: ae ae Aap tment Oe On on - Aw? PANTS t-. anne Ry aincmeeainettd ws. ott ta. Tae ® 4 a ae cs ee be Pee an oie le SPE Te