ACUFO-1944-06-01-LOSALAMOS-1
The American ufologist Peter Davenport set up in the 2000s a website, the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), allowing people to submit, anonymously or not, their testimony of UFO sightings, which were then recorded in a database and visible on this website.
There is a testimony received in 2009 about a sighting said to have occurred at the approximate date of June 1, 1944, at noon local time, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
Someone said that his uncle worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos during the 1940s and told him of this incident shortly before he died several years ago.
The story is that one day, a bright silvery disk was observed in the sky hovering over the facility and a plane was immediately dispatched from Kirtland Field to intercept and identify the object. As the plane approached, the disk ascended upward out of its range.
A second larger plane with a higher operational ceiling was then sent up to continue the pursuit, and again the disk ascended upward until it disappeared.
It is said that apparently, this incident was witnessed by a number of the facility staff, that the incident lasted more than 1 hour.
| Date: | June 1944 |
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| Time: | Noon. |
| Duration: | 1 hour. |
| First known report date: | 2009 |
| Reporting delay: | 7 decades. |
| Country: | USA |
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| State/Department: | New Mexico |
| City or place: | Los Alamos |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | Several. |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 0 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Reporting channel: | Second hand testimony by the Web to NUFORC. |
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| Visibility conditions: | Day. |
| UFO observed: | Yes. |
| UFO arrival observed: | ? |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes. |
| UFO action: | Hovers, goes away upwards when planes approach. |
| Witnesses action: | Intercept attempt. |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
| Sensors: |
[X] Visual: 3 or more.
[ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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| Hynek: | DD |
| Armed / unarmed: | Armed. |
| Reliability 1-3: | 1 |
| Strangeness 1-3: | 3 |
| ACUFO: | Unknown credibility, insufficient information. |
[Ref. nuc11:] "NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER":
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Occurred: 1944-06-01 12:00:00 Local
Location: Los Alamos, NM, USA
Shape: Disk
Duration: 1+ Hour
No of observers: 0
Reported: 2009-05-03 22:23:18 Pacific
Posted: 2009-05-12 00:00:00
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby
Disk hovers over Los Alamos during the development of the atomic bombs; pursued by planes.
My uncle worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos during the 1940s and told me of this incident shortly before he died several years ago.
One day, a bright silvery disk was observed in the sky hovering over the facility and a plane was immediately dispatched from Kirtland Field to intercept and identify the object. As the plane approached, the disk ascended upward out of its range.
A second larger plane with a higher operational ceiling was then sent up to continue the pursuit, and again the disk ascended upward until it disappeared.
Apparently, this incident was witnessed by a number of the facility staff.
NUFORC Note:
Source of report indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD
No precise information was provided on the alleged two involved aircraft.
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It is obvious that anyone can concoct a scenario like this and send it to NUFORC; no verification or investigation having taken place, the story remains of unknown credibility.
Unknown credibility, insufficient information.
* = 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 | January 19, 2024 | Creation, [nuc1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | January 19, 2024 | First published. |
