December 20, 1948 — W of Los Alamos, NM
8:54 p.m. Shortly after they have packed up their Speed Graphic cameras provided by LaPaz to try to photograph the green fireballs, personnel (William D. Wilson, Buford G. Truett, Clifford E. Strang, and George S. Skipper) at an Atomic Energy Security Service post west of Los Alamos, New Mexico, spot a blue-white fireball moving in a nearly flat trajectory. Two objects separate from the main body and trail behind it. Thanks to an independent observation at another site, LaPaz is able to triangulate its flight path as 7–8 miles, west to east toward Los Alamos. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 155, p. 46;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 540;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 598;
NICAP, “AFOSI Case 14: AESS OP Sighted Green Fireball with Triangulation”;
Joel Carpenter, Green Fireball Chronology;
