Green Fireballs and Project Twinkle
From 1948 through 1951, scientists, pilots, OSI agents, and Los Alamos personnel reported recurring green fireballs over New Mexico weapons sites. Project Twinkle deployed optical and radio instruments but closed without a conclusive identification.
From 1948 through 1951, scientists, pilots, OSI agents, and Los Alamos personnel reported recurring green fireballs over New Mexico weapons sites.
Brief
From 1948 through 1951, scientists, pilots, OSI agents, and Los Alamos personnel reported recurring green fireballs over New Mexico weapons sites. Project Twinkle deployed optical and radio instruments but closed without a conclusive identification. The November 1951 Project Twinkle final report is in the released record. Dr. Lincoln La Paz personally observed the phenomenon and argued its post-1947 origin and trajectories did not fit ordinary meteors. The report still recommended ending funded monitoring because the instrumentation produced no decisive capture.
Metadata
- Date
- 1948-12-01
- Year
- 1948
- Location
- Northern New Mexico, United States
- Region
- United States
- Status
- confirmed
- Tag
- civilian claim
- Primary
- Project Twinkle Final Report
- Source type
- Disclosure file
- Sources
- 2
Key Points
- From 1948 through 1951, scientists, pilots, OSI agents, and Los Alamos personnel reported recurring green fireballs over New Mexico weapons sites.p.6
- Project Twinkle deployed optical and radio instruments but closed without a conclusive identification.p.6
- The November 1951 Project Twinkle final report is in the released record.p.6
- Dr. Lincoln La Paz personally observed the phenomenon and argued its post-1947 origin and trajectories did not fit ordinary meteors.p.6
Most Interesting
- From 1948 through 1951, scientists, pilots, OSI agents, and Los Alamos personnel reported recurring green fireballs over New Mexico weapons sites.
- The November 1951 Project Twinkle final report is in the released record.
- Dr. Lincoln La Paz personally observed the phenomenon and argued its post-1947 origin and trajectories did not fit ordinary meteors.
Timeline
- 1948-12-01 · Encounter
From 1948 through 1951, scientists, pilots, OSI agents, and Los Alamos personnel reported recurring green fireballs over New Mexico weapons sites.
- 1951 · Source record
Project Twinkle Final Report is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
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