January 30, 1949 — Roswell, NM
5:54 p.m. Hundreds of people see a green meteor come out of the northwest and vanish southwest of Roswell, New Mexico. It is completely silent. [Eberhart]
Sources:
Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949, January–June, The Author, 1988, pp. 15–16;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 831, p. 49;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 540;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., pp. 598-599;
NICAP, “AFOSI Case 18: Green Fireball Event Witnessed in New Mexico”;
Commanding Officer, Kirtland AFB, “Nr. OSI-1-90,” January 31, 1949;
Joel Carpenter, “Green Fireball Chronology,” October 6, 2011;
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