UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECT, Sighted at Albuquerque, New Mexico 7 February 1950

This document is a formal Report of Investigation issued by the 17th District Office of Special Investigations of the United States Air Force, dated 24 February 1950. It concerns a special inquiry into an 'unconventional aircraft' or unidentified aerial object sighted over Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 7 February 1950. The investigation was prompted by information provided by Dr. Lincoln La Paz of the University of New Mexico. The report details interviews with several military personnel who witnessed the event. Corporal Edward S. Brunskole and Corporal Robert W. Pound, both of the 17th District Office of Special Investigations, reported observing a reddish-green object, described as twice the size of the evening star, with a round-elongated trail, moving in a straight line from south-southeast to east. They estimated the duration of the sighting at four to six seconds. Additionally, Captain Seth A. Armstead, Jr., of the Reserve Activities Division, reported seeing a white fireball while flying as a co-pilot between Tucumcari and Kirtland Air Force Base, which was bright enough to illuminate his cockpit. Colonel M. M. Munn, also of the Reserve Activities Division, verified the information provided by Captain Armstead. The investigation also involved contact with Special Agent Robert R. Johns at the Holloman Detachment and Mr. Sidney Newburger, Jr., Chief of Security Operations at Los Alamos, to determine if they had any information regarding the fireball. Neither individual had any information to provide at the time of the inquiry. The report concludes that the investigation into such objects is continuing within the district and that future reports will be forwarded to the Commanding General of the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The document is marked as Confidential and includes instructions for its downgrading and declassification.