January 7, 1950 — Corona, NM
10:15 p.m. The assistant maintenance officer at Holloman AFB is driving south of Corona, New Mexico, when he sees a green fireball. It descends at a 60° angle, then levels out and travels 10° east before dropping out of sight behind a mountain. When first seen, it is yellowish-white, changes to orange as it descends, then turns bright blue-green as it levels out and disappears. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, BB Unknowns File, Case #318, p. 78;
Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1950 January–March, The Author, 1983, p. 3;
Jerome Clark, “Green Fireballs and SW Lights”, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 544;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 602;
NICAP, “January 7, 1950, Corona, NM, OSI Case 161”;