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

United States1948-12-05

West of Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States

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On 1948-12-05, an aviation observation was reported at or near West of Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. The catalogue lists the aircraft and observers as one Pioneer C-47 pilot. Its time field reads 21:35. A green light was accompanied by a paler green tail. Source: Dominique F. Weinstein, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: Eighty Years of Pilot Sightings (NARCAP TR-04, February 2001), PDF page 11, table row 5.

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