Location not stated radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 23, 1948

On or during November 23, 1948, at or near Location not stated, the source reports the following sequence: Number: 1 Speed: MPH Slow Vertical descent Remarks: Slow Vertical descent Secondary ATC Points 37 The text that is illegible or partially legible has been indicated with [...] or left out altogether. On 3 December 1918, Lt. ____ _______, Wisconsin, was driving of Menominee, Michigan, Territory of CA at night. reported that their car was surrounded or followed by an unidentified moving light which came down from about 15,000 ft. The LA radar installations reported six items. An object, very low was spotted ahead by A/3c ______ ______ which passed over the tower of an aircraft warning sound this is the ____ noise exact time when he confirmed the object. In Reply Refer To: ATS DSS 11 May 1949 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects TO: Commanding General Air Material Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio ATTN: AC/AXO-3 1. Reference is made to letter from your headquarters, SCAMA, dated 19 March 1949, subject "Unidentified Flying Objects," and first indorsement thereto by this headquarters, dated 31 March 1949. Object sighted within 15 minutes of release time of pilot balloon soundings at Albuquerque at low altitude, 500 feet, Exploded in red spray at 200 feet. Were Sighted: 10 miles east of Taos, N. Altitude of Object: From 500 ft when first observed to 10C-200 ft (estimated) from ground where it burst in a spray of reddish color 13. Manner of Disappearance: exploded - fragments assuming a fiery red color which descended toward earth like Roman sparks but extinguished. Electromagnetic Effects: Noticed Always include around 2200 hours. - 25. 20 December 1948 Unconventional Aircraft CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION COMPLETELY RELIABLE - A USUALLY RELIABLE - B FAIRLY RELIABLE - C NOT USUALLY RELIABLE - D UNRELIABLE - E RELIABILITY CANNOT BE JUDGED - F PRELIMINARILY UNKNOWN - G CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES - 1 PROBABLY TRUE - 2 POSSIBLY TRUE - 3 DOUBTFUL - 4 IMPROBABLE - 5 TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED - 6 The following information has been received from the Fourth Army Intelligence Liaison Officer, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, dated 6 December 1948. "Colonel ******, Inf., Executive, New Mexico Military District reports as follows: “On 3 or 4 November 1948 at approximately 2130 hours, I observed a ball of light, reddish white in color, 1 foot in diameter, falling vertically.