Project Twinkle
UFOs/Alien
Expert
There have always
been unidentified objects or lights in the sky that have baffled the residents
of Earth since the beginning of recorded history. These enigmatic sightings
come in many shapes and sizes, and are often seen only briefly, making them
oftentimes the seed of folklore as much as fact.
Shortly
after the Kenneth Arnold sighting of
so-called "flying saucers" over Mt. Ranier, and the Roswell crash in 1947,
a series of sightings of "green fireballs" began, mostly in the
southwestern United States, and almost exclusively over the state of New
Mexico.
Often, these types of reports would go without being
investigated by any governmental agency, but these sightings took on an ominous
flavor. They were very often occurring over sensitive government installations,
most notably the Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratory. The green fireballs
were honing in on government secrets.
An investigation was initiated by meteor
expert Lincoln La Paz. He concluded that the fireballs were structured, that
is, not atmospheric phenomena. Initially at least, they were thought to be of
Russian origin. Were the fireballs Cold War spying devices?
So much did the high ranking United
States officials fear the agenda of the green fireballs, that several
top-secret meetings were held, some at Los Alamos, and others in Washington,
D.C. The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board was in charge of the D.C.
meetings.
Finally, in December of 1949, Project
Twinkle was created. This was to be a network of stations with one
duty-observe, study, and collect data on the fireball phenomena. This project
did little to solve the mystery, and was disbanded two years later. They had
now decided that the phenomena was after all, atmospheric in nature.
There were sightings recorded, but these
fell into the "normal" explanation pool. Some of these were birds,
airplanes, balloons, rockets, and more. After about one year of study,
absolutely no explanation was given for the green fireball mystery. Project Twinkle
was a short lived study group.
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