 Case Directory Category 1, Distant Encounters Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Classification of Distant Encounter is usually
an incident involving an object more than 500
feet from the witness. At night it is
classified as a "nocturnal light" (NL) and
during the day as a "daylight disc" (DD). The
size of the object or the viewing conditions
may render the object in greater detail but
yet not qualify the sighting as a Close
Encounter which is an object within
500'. |
Flat
Dime On-Edge Observed By Lab Personnel
Sept. 23, 1948
Los Alamos (Santa Fe), New Mexico
Sept. 23, 1948
Los Alamos (Santa Fe), New Mexico
| Brad
Sparks: Sept. 23, 1948; Los Alamos, NM{Santa Fe?] (BBU) 9:40 a.m. Group of Los Alamos Scientific Lab
personnel, Angier, Fairchild and others, waiting for
an aircraft at the landing strip saw a
sun-reflecting glint in the sky from a flat circular
metallic object high in the N sky appearing like a
flat dime on-edge slightly tipped as if 50 ft away.
(Case recounted in unpublished Ruppelt manuscript
said to be included in the TOP SECRET AMC Estimate
of the Situation, apparently a revised version of
the Aug. 5, 1948, initial draft. FUFOR Index.)
Dan Wilson: Witness A. Ruble Angier saw a round flat object
with the apparent size of 100 to 150 feet in
diameter. The object was stationary at about 25,000
to 30,000 feet, and then started to move. Object
seemed to be moving in a semi-cirle. Witness John C.
Fairchild says the object was oblong or egg-shaped
and appeared to have a speed of 700 to 800 MPH.
There is a discrepancy as to the date of the
incident. Mr. Angier says the incident took place on
September 23, 1948, and Mr. Fairchild says the
incident took place on September, 25, 1948.
reports/480923losalamos_report.htm (Dan Wilson) The Importance of Santa Fe Operations, New Mexico - 165-Page Report (AEC) |