Dec. 8, 1948. About 20 miles E of Las Vegas, New Mexico
6:33 p.m. Two AFOSI Special Agents, Capts. Melvin E. Neef and John J. Stahl, Jr., returning from investigation of green fireballs in a Beech T-7, heading E at 90° and 190 mph at 11,500 ft altitude and 5,000 ft above ground, saw green fireball 30° to the left of their flight path, to the ENE at 60° azimuth, at an estimated 2,000 ft above their flight altitude of 13,500 ft., which shot past them maintaining almost level flight until the end to the WSW at 240° azimuth when it seemed to burn out and drop suddenly with reddish-range glowing fragments which lasted less than 1 sec. Later aerial search of the ground site in daylight found nothing. (FOIA)