Category: 08; Photographic Evidence
Subject:
AFOSI Case 18; Green Fireball Event Witnssed in New Mexico
Date:
January 30, 1949
Location:
Near Amarillo and Lamesa, TX
This case is listed for the record,
since it has been incorrectly listed as a New Mexico case for so many
years. Sighted and photographed in New Mexico, this event took place in
Texas. It is listed in the updated catalog of BB unknowns by Brad
Sparks:
Jan. 30, 1949. Near Amarillo (at
34°50' N, 104°5' W) to near Lamesa (at 32°48' N,
102°22' W), Texas. 5:54 p.m. (MST). Thousands of witnesses over
several states saw spectacular green fireball, N-S trajectory
triangulated by Dr. Lincoln LaPaz as 12 mile altitude over Amarillo
area descending slightly on nearly horizontal 143-mile path to near
Lamesa disappearing about 8 miles altitude. No noise except slight
hissing. 100+ witnesses interviewed. (Sparks; FOIA)
Brad Sparks:
This is NOT a White Sands or Holloman case, this is the famous GREEN
FIREBALL event of 5:54 PM Jan 30, 1949, where Lincoln LaPaz was able to
precisely triangulate the location of the object from near Amarillo (at
34°50' N, 104°5' W) to near Lamesa (at 32°48' N,
102°22' W), Texas.
