ACUFO-1944-03-01-CARLSBAD-1
In a list of UFO sightings reported by U. S. Air Force Personnel, published in 1964 by the National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) in their book "The UFO Evidence", a case is noted for March 1, 1944, in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
The report came from a NICAP affiliate and told that a B-17 pilot saw a high-speed glowing green object that lit the cockpit and moved out of sight over the horizon.
Date: | March 1944 |
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Time: | ? |
Duration: | ? |
First known report date: | 1964 |
Reporting delay: | 2 decades. |
Country: | USA |
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State/Department: | New Mexico |
City: | Carlsbad |
Number of alleged witnesses: | ? |
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Number of known witnesses: | ? |
Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
Reporting channel: | Ufology group NICAP. |
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Visibility conditions: | ? |
UFO observed: | Yes. |
UFO arrival observed: | ? |
UFO departure observed: | Yes. |
UFO action: | Flew. |
Witnesses action: | |
Photographs: | No. |
Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
Sensors: |
[X] Visual: ?
[N/A] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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Hynek: | ? |
Armed / unarmed: | Armed, 5 7.62 mm machine guns. |
Reliability 1-3: | 2 |
Strangeness 1-3: | 1 |
ACUFO: | Probable meteor. |
[Ref. rhl1:] RICHARD HALL - NICAP:
AIR FORCE UFO SIGHTINGS
UFO Sightings by U. S. Air Force Personnel
[... Other cases...]
3/1/1944 Carlsbad, N.M.
B-17 pilot (conf. Report certified by Bluegrass NICAP Affiliate)
High-speed glowing green object lit cockpit, moved out of sight over horizon.
[... Other cases...]
March 1944--Carlsbad, N.M. Air Force pilot saw fast-moving UFO speed out of sight over horizon.
[Ref. obr1:] OTTO BINDER:
- March 1944, Carlsbad, New Mexico. A high-speed, glowing green object lit up a pilot's cockpit, moving out of sight over the horizon.
[Ref. mbd1:] MICHEL BOUGARD:
The author indicates that in March 1944, in Arlsbad [sic], New Mexico, a B-1 T pilot observed a bright, green object moving horizontally at high speed.
[Ref. gvo1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:
1944, March
USA, Arlsbad [sic] (New Mexico)
A B-17 pilot observed a bright, green object moving horizontally at high speed. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" – Delarge 1977- p. 266)
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH:
492: 1944/03/00 00:00 1 104:14:00 W 32:25:00 N 3311 NAM USA NMX 6:7
CARLSBAD,NM:B17 PILOT:FAST SPHERE W/HALO:BRUSK MNVRS:SHOOTS>HRZN:/LDLN#303+330
Ref#242 HALL,Richard:The UFO EVIDENCE /NICAP Page No. 129: IN-FLIGHT
[Ref. dwn2:] DOMINIQUE WEINSTEIN:
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Captain Reida, a USAAF B-29 pilot observed a bright spherical green object with a flare flying at great speed. It made abrupt turns and disappeared above the horizon.
Sources: the UFO Evidence, Richard Hall, NICAP 1964 / Above top secret, Timothy Good / La chronique des ovnis p.266 / LDLN #330
[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":
[1944] March, 1944; Carlsbad, NM
Air Force pilot saw fast-moving UFO speed out of sight over horizon. (NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, III)
The reference 1 is described at the end of the document as "Strange Company (2007), Keith Chester".
[Ref. tai1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:
Date: March, 1944
Location: Carlsbad, NM
Time:
Summary: Air Force pilot saw fast-moving UFO speed out of sight over horizon.
NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, III
[Ref. get1:] GEORGE M. EBERHART:
1944
[... other cases...]
March - An Army Air Force pilot flying a B-17 sees a fast-moving, glowing green object light up the cockpit and speedout of sight over the horizon at Carlsbad, New Mexico. (UFOEv, p. 19)
[... other cases...]
The US B-17 "Flying Fortress" was a heavy bomber fitted with five 7.62 machine guns for its defense against enemy fighter planes.
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There seems to be an error on the witness, indicated to be "Capt. Reida" in some sources. Captain Alvah M. Reida was a US Air Force pilot who said he witnessed an unexplained flying object, in 1944, not in Carlsbad USA, in March 1944, but in in Palembang, Sumatra, in August 10, 1944. In a NICAP list, the two cases appear one following the other, and the error probably came from a mixup in the reading of both entries.
This is also why some source say this sighting was made from a B-29, correct for the Palembang case, when it was a B-17 in the Carlsbad case.
Concerning this case in Carlsbad, the information is very meager, and as it appears, it is not absurd to think that what was observed was a meteor.
Probable meteor.
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
Main author: | Patrick Gross |
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Contributors: | None |
Reviewers: | None |
Editor: | Patrick Gross |
Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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0.1 | Patrick Gross | October 18, 1944 | Creation, [rhl1], [mbd1], [lhh1], [dwn2], [nip1], [tai1], [get1]. |
1.0 | Patrick Gross | October 18, 1944 | First published. |
1.1 | Patrick Gross | October 30, 2023 | Addition [obr1]. |
1.2 | Patrick Gross | November 4, 2023 | Addition [gvo1]. |