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DOWMay 22, 2026PURSUE Release 02 (May 2026)
DOW-UAP-D017, UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950
Summary
This file contains 116 pages of documentation from the Armed Forces Special Weapons Program (AFSWP) – the direct, post-World War II successor to the Manhattan Project – and from the U.S. Air Force – relating to a series of sightings and investigations in Sand…
Key highlights
The report discusses security inspections at Sandia Base in 1949.p.1
“SUBJECT: Security :E:nspection”
A fireball was reported over Socorro, New Mexico, on July 24, 1949.p.5
“A fireball was raportad to have pasaod ovor the general noighborhood of Socorro, New Uexi.00.”
Dr. Crozier collected airborne particles after the fireball incident, finding copper indications.p.5
“the first oolleotion was made at 10: 00 a . m., .ruly 25.”
The document mentions ongoing investigations into unexplained aerial phenomena in New Mexico.p.21
“the frequency of unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Mexico area was such that an organized plan of reporting.”
Source
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- DOW-UAP-D085_Transmission-of-CIA-Scientific-Advisory-Panel-Rept_1953
- DOW-UAP-D086, USNavy-Report-of-Flying-Discs_1948
- DOW-UAP-D087, U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100
- DOW-UAP-D088, U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172
- 18_100754_ General 1946-7_Vol_2