// ANNUAL ARCHIVE · 1948 //
1948 — Declassified UFO and UAP Incidents
2 indexed incidents and 3 primary-source documents from 1948, sourced from the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog (war.gov/UFO/).
What happened in 1948
2 incidents are indexed for 1948, spanning Continental US. Source agencies for this year include United States Air Force.
Incidents
- Air Force Intelligence (HQ) — NOV 1948 (PURSUE-024 · ANOMALOUS · United States Air Force)Top Secret Air Force Intelligence report: 'For some time we have been concerned by the recurring reports on flying saucers'.
- Sandia Base / Los Alamos, New Mexico — 1948-1950 (PURSUE-027 · ANOMALOUS · United States Air Force)Cluster of 209+ green-fireball sightings over Sandia Base, Los Alamos, Kirtland AFB, and the New Mexico nuclear-weapons complex, investigated by Dr. Lincoln LaPaz under USAF Project SIGN and GRUDGE.
Documents
- DOW-UAP-D017, UAP REPORTED AT SANDIA BASE, 1948-1950 (DOC-141 · Department of War (DoD) · DECLASSIFIED)
- 18 6369445 GENERAL 1948 VOL 1 (DOC-026 · Department of War (DoD) · DECLASSIFIED)
- 341 110448 RECORDS RELATING TO THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INTELLIGENCE 1948-1955-TS CONT NO.2 2-5300-2-5399 (DOC-030 · Department of War (DoD) · DECLASSIFIED)
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