Kirkland Air Force Base New Mexico [Blank] unidentified aerial event — December 5, 1948

Doyle Reams on December 11th), I felt certain that the observer's phenomenon could be correlated with the Grandall meteors withe each other radiant activity between December 10th and 12th have awen questionably observed but by numbers so small as December 3-4. Though blun and blunt with what Gentile had occasionally been made, all of them with whom what detected or any observations of December 9 - 12 were considered by myself that I have to discuss upon all my folks to the Gmt time, and none from 12 - 30th of observed during periods of heard a majority since December 1, 1945. that at that each others as had collected reported and none of these were tabulated at as their prose on ground. Hittle, Line and the underlined to Phillips was the back seat and I was in the right front seat and en- ters following Kerley, left of me, the G2 passed through a gate closing out a down slope facing approximately northwest. On squaring off as we rids us a clear veiw fo the flight toward the big tank and is filled sky attend it was evident to me that a body was visce beyphont fell our visual attention turning to the air as a bulb had been struck (apparent Background star of B; toggler autom of a ray to the other or any akt alt of we, matching the sky away with 1947 then 1948 in some way as of this as the sky did pointing with my left hand shouted, "Look", four times. ("We fleet dans Nothing and remained the hard it to me then asked by some of react operation and rememaiders of my motions expense, I mixed my own I-127 to contact with the "star" the noon to my approach at the same tabling turned at squares of the duration of the "fireball, ranged from 2.1 seconds to 2.3 seconds. As far as can be determined, the first incident of the sort reported by many observers on December 5 occurred as early as 1948, January 1. (see copy of ------'s letter, under date of January 7, to Mr. The Best Path of the Only Green Fireball So Far Observed at Two Separate Stations. By graphic reduction of the simultaneously made observations, the following facts have been determined: The green fireball of December 12, 9h 2m plus or minus 30" appeared very near a point with the geodetic latitude 35° 50', longi- tude 106° 39' and disappeared near a point with the coordinates latitude DOWNGRADED at 3-year intervals: DOWNGRADED TO DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. It should be observed that the above figures are computed under the assumption that the periods of appearance and disappearance of the fireball were seen simultaneously by both the Zuni and Los Alamos groups. Significant Differences Between the Fireballs Observed in The Texas Arrwa December 2121 and Typical Meteors. Genuine meteors are rarely observed to move in horizontal paths. 3.2 Again the very low height of the December fireballs mentioned in section 2 above the velocity in sharp contrast from the minimum velocity for which height as is of the order or 40 or 50 miles are generally observed. 3.4 In the case of meteorites that penetrate to as low levels as that determined for the fireball of December 12, the observed luminous phenomena are always accompanied by very violent noises.