September 18, 1954 — Across Colorado and New Mexico
8:40 p.m. A huge green fireball streaks across Colorado and New Mexico. It zooms above Santa Fe, New Mexico, giving off a blinding glare and takes 30 seconds to cross the sky, disturbing TV and radio signals. Lincoln LaPaz remarks that it does not seem to be an ordinary meteor. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
“Another ‘Fireball’ Seen Blazing Over NM and Arizona,” Gallup (N.Mex) Independent, September 19, 1954, p.1;
“‘Blob in the Sky’ Invades Area With Loud Blast,” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, September 19, 1954, p. 19;
“Thousands See Huge Fireball Light Dark Skies,” Clovis (N.Mex) News-Journal, September 19, 1954, p. 1;
Donald Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, 1955, pp. 198–199;
Edward Ruppelt, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 47;
Donald Menzel and Lyle Boyd, The World Of Flying Saucers, 1963, pp. 92-93;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1954 September, The Author, 1994, p. 29;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1078, p. 220;
