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Aviation observation — Las Vegas, New Mexico — 1948-12-05

United States1948-12-05

Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States

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Case description

On 1948-12-05, an aviation observation was reported at or near Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. The catalogue lists the aircraft and observers as a USAF C-47 crew. Its time field reads 21:30. A very large glowing green sphere was reported. The source codes additionally mark more than one aircraft involved. Source: Dominique F. Weinstein, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: Eighty Years of Pilot Sightings (NARCAP TR-04, February 2001), PDF page 11, table row 4.

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