Project 10073 Record: Incident 383 - Los Alamos, New Mexico, 11 June 1949

This document is a Project 10073 record concerning an unidentified aerial object sighting that occurred on June 11, 1949, in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The witness, an AESS security inspector, observed a single object at approximately 2057 MST. The object was described as appearing like a star or light, initially green in color before turning red at the end of its flight. It featured a short red tail and was observed for a duration of four to five seconds. According to the report, the object appeared to climb sharply before falling almost straight down, moving from the southwest to the northeast. The weather was reported as clear, occurring just after darkness. Despite the official conclusion recorded on the form identifying the object as a meteor, the observer explicitly stated that it did not appear to be a meteor based on its color and flight path. The report includes various administrative details, including a reference to a prior incident, number 382, and notes regarding the observer's background check requirements. A diagram on the final page, attributed to a Mr. Hughes, depicts a front and bottom view of an object with 'small flippers,' though the connection between this diagram and the primary sighting report is not explicitly detailed in the text.