UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECT - Fireball Sighted by [illegible], Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2115 hours, 25 February 1950

This document is a Report of Investigation from the 17th District Office of Special Investigations, Kirtland Air Force Base, dated 15 March 1950. It details the investigation into an unidentified aerial object sighted over Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 25 February 1950 at 2115 hours. The investigation was initiated following information provided by Dr. Lincoln LaPaz of the University of New Mexico. The primary witness was a University of New Mexico student who was in his residence at 600 N. Vassar, Albuquerque, when he observed the object while looking west. The witness described the object as having a tear-drop shape with a short tail, approximately three times the size of a shooting star. Its color was described as bright greenish-white, leaving a reddish glow behind it, with a red forward end. The object appeared to move toward the south at an angle of five degrees off the vertical, falling almost straight down. The witness noted that the object appeared to burn out after approximately one and a half seconds. The report notes that the witness was a journalism student with a known interest in writing articles about 'flying saucers' and other strange aerial phenomena. The investigation, conducted under Project 10073, concluded that the object was a meteor. The case was subsequently closed after all logical leads were exhausted.