DOE-UAP-D004 - Los Alamos Conference on Aerial Phenomena (1949)
DOE-UAP-D004 - Los Alamos Conference on Aerial Phenomena (1949) is a declassified Transcript from Department of Energy. The record is dated 1949, was released in Release 04 on 2026-07-10 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file connected to Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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DOE-UAP-D004 - Los Alamos Conference on Aerial Phenomena (1949) is a declassified Transcript from Department of Energy. The record is dated 1949, was released in Release 04 on 2026-07-10 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file connected to Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Record of a 1949 conference held at Los Alamos where scientists, military officers, and security officials discussed the wave of unexplained aerial phenomena, including the green fireballs, observed near New Mexico's nuclear weapons installations. One of the earliest documented cases of the atomic-security establishment treating aerial phenomena as a potential security concern.
Key Facts
Documents a 1949 Los Alamos conference on unexplained aerial phenomena near nuclear facilities.
Attendees included scientific and security personnel concerned with the New Mexico fireball sightings.
Ties the early UFO question directly to the security of U.S. atomic weapons sites.
Released as part of PURSUE Release 04 on July 10, 2026.
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