Waves / 1948 to 1950 · United States

The 1949 to 1950 flap

Green fireballs crossed the New Mexico sky above the laboratories and the bomb stockpiles, and the Air Force set up Project Twinkle to watch for them. In March 1950 a town in the state's north-west corner watched an armada of discs in broad daylight. The Air Force was closing Project Grudge and telling the press there was nothing to see.

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December 5, 1948July 4, 1950

Stories in this wave20

The Green Fireballs over New Mexico
December 5, 1948 · Los Alamos, Sandia Base and Kirtland AFB (Albuquerque), northern and eastern New Mexico, and West Texas
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 61 sources
52Partially documented
The Jackson "Megaphone" Object: Pilot Thomas A. Rush and Blue Book Incident 233 (1949)
January 1, 1949 · In the air east of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on approach to North Jackson Airpark
United States
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
30Partially documented
The "Two Pullman Cars" Object of Cortez Road: Captain Sames of Eglin AFB
January 27, 1949 · Cortez Road between Bradenton and Cortez, Manatee County, Florida
United States
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
The Camp Hood "Balls of Fire": Lights Over the Killeen Base Atomic Bomb Site
March 1949 · Killeen Base (Site Baker), beside Camp Hood, Bell County, Texas
United States
UAP · Formation · 23 sources
33Partially documented
The Charles B. Moore Theodolite Sighting, Arrey, New Mexico
April 24, 1949 · Launch site about 3 miles north of Arrey, Sierra County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 26 sources
35Partially documented
Two flat silvery discs over Tucson seen by M/Sgt. Troy Putnam (Blue Book Incident 337)
May 9, 1949 · Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
29Thinly documented
Rogue River Disc Sighting, Gold Beach, Oregon
May 24, 1949 · Rogue River near Elephant Rock, about 2 to 2.5 miles upstream of the mouth, Gold Beach, Curry County, Oregon
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 34 sources
37Partially documented
The Alexandria Flying Saucer Wave and the Convention That Never Was
July 5, 1949 · Madison Street, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (with reports from Pineville and Tullos)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
35Partially documented
The Norwood Searchlight Disc Sightings
August 19, 1949 · Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Norwood, Ohio (also Madeira and Milford, Ohio)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources · 11 photos
49Partially documented
Clyde Tombaugh sighting, Las Cruces
August 20, 1949 · Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Formation · 19 sources
22Thinly documented
Mount Palomar Observatory Sightings and Cosmic-Ray Counter Anomalies
October 14, 1949 · Palomar Observatory, Palomar Mountain, San Diego County, California
United States
UAP · Formation · 18 sources
36Partially documented
Kodiak Naval Radar-Visual Encounters: P2V-3 Patrol Plane and USS Tillamook
January 22, 1950 · Naval Air Station Kodiak, Kodiak, Alaska
United States
UAP · Other · 18 sources
51Partially documented
Radar-Visual Sighting Over Dayton and Wright-Patterson AFB (ATIC)
March 8, 1950 · Dayton Municipal Airport, Vandalia, and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
United States
UAP · Sphere · 12 sources
50Partially documented
The Farmington Saucer Armada
March 17, 1950 · Main Street, Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 40 sources
35Partially documented
Chicago & Southern Airlines DC-3 porthole disc, Hazen, Arkansas
March 20, 1950 · Near Hazen, Prairie County, Arkansas, about 40 miles east of Little Rock, north of Stuttgart
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources
20Thinly documented
TWA Flight 117 "red wheel" sighting, Goshen, Indiana
April 27, 1950 · Over Goshen toward South Bend, Indiana
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 10 sources
27Thinly documented
The McMinnville (Trent) UFO Photographs
May 11, 1950 · Trent farm, southwest of McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 56 sources · 6 photos
41Partially documented
Seymour Hess sighting at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, 1950
May 20, 1950 · Lowell Observatory, Mars Hill, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona
United States
UAP · Sphere · 15 sources
21Thinly documented
Capt. Willis T. Sperry and the American Airlines DC-6 sighting near Mount Vernon, Virginia
May 29, 1950 · About seven miles west of Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, after departure from Washington National Airport
United States
UAP · Cigar · 13 sources
23Thinly documented
Daniel Fry's White Sands Saucer Ride
July 4, 1950 · White Sands Proving Ground, near Las Cruces, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 32 sources
22Thinly documented