◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
AEC Guards and the Lights East of Los Alamos
Between 21:13 and 22:05 on 3 May 1949 Atomic Energy Commission security inspectors on duty at two guard stations in Los Alamos, New Mexico, saw a series of bright, silent lights cross low in the eastern sky from south to north, one of them red and one that seemed to hover. The Air Force filed the reports and no evaluation is legible in the folder. This is the record of what the guards reported, not a verdict on what crossed the sky east of Los Alamos.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- AEC Guards and the Lights East of Los Alamos is a reported UAP case in Stations 310 and 340, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA, 3 May 1949, 21:13-22:05 local.
- Atomic Energy Commission security inspectors at Los Alamos reported bright, silent lights crossing the eastern sky from south to north at intervals between 21:13 and 22:05 on 3 May 1949.
- One light was red, and at 21:43 one appeared to hover for about three seconds before moving north, according to the report.
- Each light was in sight for two to ten seconds and was the size of a ball-park light or an aircraft landing light.
- No evaluation is legible in the Project Blue Book folder.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 3 distinct claimants on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-12; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
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EVENT DATE
3 May 1949, 21:13-22:05 local
LOCATION
Stations 310 and 340, Los Alamos, New Mexico · USA
COORDS
35.89°N 106.31°W
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
3
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-12 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
