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Project Twinkle Final Report (scan)
NICAP · 29 pages · text by OCR
This declassified U.S. Air Force file contains the final report of Project Twinkle, dated 27 November 1951 and written by Louis Elterman of the Geophysics Research Division, together with related correspondence. The project was set up to investigate the green fireballs and other light phenomena around Holloman AFB and Vaughn, New Mexico, and it was run with Askania cameras. The report calls its findings essentially negative and recommends no further funding. In March 1952 the Directorate of Intelligence declined to declassify it.
“declassified”17 pages
- p. 1 …TWINKLE, Project
DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200,10.
UNCLASSIFIED
- p. 2 …Geophysics Research Division
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
- p. 3 …sharp eye on anything unusual along this line.
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- p. 4 …UNCLASSIFIED DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS DECLASSIFIED AFTER
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- p. 7 …LOW GRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVAL
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- p. 8 …few reports of
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- p. 9 …DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
CONFIDENTIAL
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- p. 12 …CONFIDENTIAL
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- p. 14 …Geophysics Research Division
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- p. 19 …Field Test Director
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- p. 21 …1b abv
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- p. 23 …USAF
enclosure 2
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- p. 24 …Basic Letter DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
UNCLASSIFIED
- p. 26 …Research and Development
DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
- p. 28 …The Scientific Advisory Board Secretariat has suggested that this project not be declassified for a variety…
- p. 29 …It is not considered appropriate to declassify the project at this time since no definite conclusions…
## CERTIFICATE
## 11 July 1951
On 10 and 11 July 1951, Sgt. Jack Meadows who is stationed at the Corona Experimental Radar Site about 18 miles southwest of Corona, New Mexico made the following verbal report to Capt. Dyvad and myself:
About 2230, 9 July 1951 I noticed a red glowing ball of light about the size of a full moon to the west or west south west of the station low above the horizon. I called the civilian Security Guard, Mr. Alfonso Sandoval, and we both watched it slowly descend for about thirty seconds before it went below the trees. There was an after-glow for another ten seconds. No sound was heard that might have come from the object. Visibility was slightly poor and although some stars could be seen, there were dark clouds over part of the sky. The light was nearly circular in shape and uniform in the red glowing color.
EDWARD A. DOTY
Major, USAF
Hollomon AFB
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Report, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 29 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.