FOIA: Changing Color UFO in Los Alamos, June, 1949

NM_JUN_11_1949.pdf
Project 10073 record: Los Alamos, New Mexico, June 11th, 1949
record of a civilian sighting of a variable colored UFO in LOs Alamos, New Mexico
Document date: 1949-06-11
Department: USAF
Author: unknown
Document type: record
pages: 5


Archivist's Notes: This document records a civilian sighting of a UFO which changed from green to red in color with a short red tail, appearing to climb steeply then fall back down. The sighting took place on 11th June 1949.
Record conclude that it was meteor.

reply to post by AboveTopSecret.com


The type of observation is ground visual.

The specifics of the observed object: changing of colors from green to red. Reported also to have had a short red tail.

Object appeared to be climbing sharply and then almost fell straight down.

Sighting took 4-5 seconds in time.

According to the observer the object did not appear to be a meteor because of color and path.

Conclusion: Recorded as Astro (meteor).


[edit on 17-11-2007 by Telos]

This report is similar to others in the area at that time that is probably related the Green Fireball mystery. I think the most intriguing part is that the witness described the object as climbing then falling straight down. This deosn't sound like the typical path of a meteor.

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