February 24, 1950 — Datil, NM
7:30 p.m. USAF Cpl. Lertis E. Stanfield and other Holloman AFB Photographic Branch project staff at an observation post at Datil, New Mexico, take five photos (using a Cineflex camera with 3-inch focal length lens) of a circular, luminous white object that changes to red and green. Its angular velocity is greater than 0.5°/min in azimuth calculated by Lincoln LaPaz. The object moves in a smooth straight-line motion from about 8:00–9:30 p.m. to the west, blinking red and green. It disappears at high altitude. [Eberhart]
Record Card:
Letter Forwarding Negatives:
[Blue Book states multiple photos are in the files, but there only seems to be this single one in this case folder, I tried searching thru BB Roll 91 for the rest, no luck]
NARA-PBB91-400:
AF-112 / Air Intelligence Report:
Alternate Copy Of Report:
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns File, p. 82;
NICAP, “AFOSI Case 175; Datil Observation Post Photographs Object”;
You can read about the others cases from this day / same area on NICAP’s Chronos page for 1950. Including the Egg shaped object seen thru a Theodolite in Albuquerque, NM.
Egg shaped object case:
BlueBook folder @ National Archives:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28937437
Joseph Gillette, “UFOs: Natural Explanations,” Pieces of History, April 16, 2018;