# September 18, 1954 — Across Colorado and New Mexico — Huge Green Fireball over Colorado and New Mexico

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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]

Record Card:

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Sources:  
“Another ‘Fireball’ Seen Blazing Over NM and Arizona,” Gallup (N.Mex) Independent, September 19, 1954, p.1;

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“‘Blob in the Sky’ Invades Area With Loud Blast,” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, September 19, 1954, p. 19;

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“Thousands See Huge Fireball Light Dark Skies,” Clovis (N.Mex) News-Journal, September 19, 1954, p. 1;

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Donald Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, 1955, pp. 198–199;

 ![09181954-ColoradoNewMexico-KeyhoeFSC-pp198-199](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/b083f5d3bba5c7d19c7d6552815e7d8ce8c8cd7e.png)

Edward Ruppelt, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 47;

 ![09181954-ColoradoNewMexico-Ruppelt-p47](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/c/cb540e802a666c5d689bd4ce8b1834a421eaab14.jpeg)

Donald Menzel and Lyle Boyd, The World Of Flying Saucers, 1963, pp. 92-93;

 ![09181954-ColoradoNewMexico-MenzelTWOFS-p92](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/84be71b36499756f28cd7e027f9739838637b3fd.jpeg)

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Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1954 September, The Author, 1994, p. 29;

 ![09181954-ColoradoNewMexico-Gross-p29](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/4/4667f1dcaa0e85846d176da411b9f18e6875ab42.png)

Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1078, p. 220;

 ![09181954-ColoradoNewMexico-Sparks-Case1078-p220](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/4/4198b4db4ef946a62c3c84ea3dc06c121e2d5fe2.png)