FOIA: Incident 322 Project 10073 - 30APR49 - Albuquerque, NM Sighting

NM_APR_30_1949.pdf
Project 10073 Incident #322 Albuquerque, New Mexico
A report from witness C.A. Poindexter, farmer, Albuquerque NM sighting on 30 APR49 of a single blue-green round object at 2215hrs
Document date: 1949-04-30
Department: None Listed
Author: None Listed
Document type: Record
pages: 5


Archivist's Notes: The witness, farmer C.A. Poindexter described the object as "bright as a star". The conclusion states it a meteor with no explanation. This report refers the reader to incident 310 or 318 for the original report, the number is slightly illegible. Documents are fair, but you can piece together most details of the sighting through the 5 page record

Document 1: PROJECT RECORD
Date:30 April 1949
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Number of objects: 1
Length of observation: 2 seconds
Type on Observation: Ground Visual
Course: West
Photos: No
Physical Evidence: No

Conclusion: Astro (Meteor)

Brief summery and analysis:

Observer sighted a round blue-green object. It was very bright and heading West.
It simply went out after about two seconds

Documents 2,3,4+5 does not contain additional ‘useful’ information.

Meteor description on Wikipedia

Possible similar incident:
Meteor on youtube December 2005

blue-green object travelling west reported by a farmer in alberquerque, new mexico on 30 april 1949. sighting only lasted 2 seconds and the object just 'went out'. it was as bright as a star and concluded to be a meteor.

it is a standard reporting form and questionnaire document