Hundreds of UFOs spotted near US nuclear weapons headquarters

Newly released documents tied to Sandia Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, report at least 209 unexplained aerial phenomena between December 1948 and May 1950. The sightings included green fireballs, glowing discs, and unidentified objects near sensitive atomic facilities during the early Cold War. Intelligence officers assessed whether the events posed national security threats and coordinated reporting after the frequency became alarming. Investigators conducted airborne particle-collection missions to find physical evidence. After a fiery object exploded over New Mexico in July 1949, unusual copper-bearing particles were detected in airborne dust samples. Researchers debated whether the copper could have originated from the reported fireballs, noting that if it did, the fireballs would not be conventional meteorites.

"Newly released documents tied to Sandia Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, headquarters of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, the military successor to the Manhattan Project, detail at least 209 reports of unexplained aerial phenomena between December 1948 and May 1950."

"The files describe bizarre 'green fireballs,' glowing discs and unidentified objects streaking across the skies near sensitive atomic facilities as intelligence officers scrambled to determine whether the incidents posed a national security threat."

"One report warned that the frequency of the sightings had become so alarming that military and government intelligence agencies agreed an 'organized plan of reporting these observations should be undertaken.'"

"In one extraordinary passage, investigators admitted that if the copper particles truly came from the glowing objects, 'then the fireballs are not conventional meteorites.'"

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