December 8, 1948 — Las Vegas, NM
Two AFOSI officers, Capts. Melvin E. Neef and John J. Stahl Jr., interview every agency that might know something about green-flare operations but come up short. That evening, they are flying a T-7 out of Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico, at 5,000 feet when they see a brilliant green light, larger and more brilliant than a meteor or flare, traveling a flat trajectory 2,000 feet above them. They see it for 2 seconds before it burns out. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 149, p. 44;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 539;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., pp. 597-598;
NICAP, “AFOSI Case 11: Agents in T-7 Observe Intense Green Fireball at 13,000ʹ”;