State / Province in Americas 34.00, -106.00

New Mexico

View conflict map

Latest coverage

Signals

Newly released Pentagon UFO files include a transcript from a classified 1949 Los Alamos meeting. Military officials and top scientists met to investigate green fireballs spotted near New Mexico's nuclear facilities. Witnesses described silent, intensely glowing objects moving horizontally at constant speeds, unlike ordinary meteors.

Declassified 1949 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission letter marked 'Secret Transmittal' from Los Alamos, New Mexico, addressed to Lt. Cmdr. Richard Mandelkorn at Sandia Base, furnishing a transcript of a conference on aerial phenomena, signed by Sidney Newburger Jr., Chief of Security Operations Branch.
Declassified document titled 'Conference on Aerial Phenomena' dated 16 February 1949, held at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico. The document lists attendees from the 4th Army, FBI, USAEC, and University of California, and includes discussion of green fireball sightings reported by airline pilots since December 1948.
Declassified document page titled 'Conference on Aerial Phenomena' marked 'SECRET', page 2, containing typed transcript of discussions between Dr. Teller, Dr. LaPaz, and Dr. Manley about green fireball observations and meteorite incidents, including the Starvation Peak incident of December 12, 1948.
United States Department of Defense Los Alamos New Mexico
View on