# November 27, 1949 — Albuquerque, NM — Fireball Seen Over ABQ

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November 27, 1949 — Albuquerque, NM  
5:49 p.m. Civil Aeronautics Administration Chief Controller W. W. Jones watches a blue-white fireball moving 5°–7° per second over Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 6:00 p.m. Kirtland AFB Deputy Base Commander Lt. Col. Charles E. Lancaster Jr. is driving near McIntosh, New Mexico, when he sees a green fireball descend near Albuquerque. [Eberhart]

MAXW-PBB7-954 to -964:

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-954](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/1c59dc015d5376ff66f9bd6791c6eb1b03d0818a.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-955](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/c/c2211d55eb151e8e8c007838c5aef8ba2af223d0.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-956](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/0/05a77a5932064424f2a3b9e801b43de737c8337a.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-957](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/2/21e62b05430895684283e489b8037620bc99c564.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-958](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/650ed238062a56fceb35e4fc19586dc648a6122f.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-959](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/0/0b900826d3d38fc06a7831a1e9b17f5f0e2fc77a.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-960](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/ea32123100f733fc443897c3e3f34d6d1586e703.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-961](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/be4dad03bfd583b3fbd6a76c6df823c761b4f106.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-962](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/85792e42880eb0449f227c0c6ea34f344470cfdf.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-963](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/f/f8c81b650ef135c03c17325dd38c6e17a9c2b418.jpeg)

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-MAXW-PBB7-964](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/2/255e357a3a2e2e5cc6cb909c925b8562dfbc6a74.jpeg)

Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 309, p. 77;

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-Sparks-Case309-p77](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/91448a844f0a6800ccab186b9947691205f73039.png)

Francis Ridge, “The Nuclear Connection Project: The New Mexico Sightings,” September 3, 2005;

 ![11271949-AlbuquerqueNM-NICAPArticle](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/d/dd98704061a38bde3a09cf8720d50cf0f67e73e1.png)

> **[newmexicosightings](http://www.nicap.org/nmexico/newmexicosightings.htm)**

NICAP, “Subject: November 27, 1949, Socorro, Albuquerque, Kirtland AFB, NM, OSI Case 151”;

> **[socorro491127](http://www.nicap.org/socorro491127dir.htm)**

National Archives:

[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28937140](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28937140)