December 6, 1948 — Sandia Base, NM
10:55 p.m. Atomic Energy Security Service Officer Joseph Toulouse sees a greenish flare one-third the apparent size of the moon at Sandia Base outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is visible for 3 seconds before it arcs downward and vanishes. [Eberhart]
MAXW-PBB4-1284, 1295:
NARA-PBB91-407:
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 148, p. 44;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 539;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 598;
NICAP, “AFOSI Case 10: AESS Observed Green Flare Directly over Sandia Base”;