Reported Holloman Air Force Base Cigar-Shaped Object Sighting
According to the account reproduced from Coral E. Lorenzen by Project 1947, an electronics engineer’s report described an unidentified aerial object sighted at Holloman Air Force Base in July 1950 and photographed with an Askania theodolite. The account reported a cigar-shaped, metallic object with straw-colored iridescence, fins, and dark ports; the object allegedly maneuvered toward the camera, turned, and made abrupt drops before becoming untrackable. The reported fourteen-frame film showed only a blurred ellipsoid with a dark center and no identifying details. The underlying event remains source-attributed and unresolved.
Source // Project 1947Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 0014 // CH 01 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT B7AC-D351-E124 CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported direction changesCIGAR
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATION // generated from Earth Record metadata
CIGAR
Holloman Air Force Base // Jul 1950. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
UNRESOLVEDCLOCK // NOT PRECISEProject 1947
Witness pictureElectronics engineer, Men 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported direction changesAllegedly maneuvered toward the camera, Turned, Made abrupt drops and arrested them
Sensor / evidenceAskania theodoliteReported photographic observation, Developed fourteen-frame black-and-white film
Fred's paperwork completeness9/9 fields // 100%
Interface completeness only // this score does not measure truth, evidence strength, or extraterrestrial probability
1 document(s)1 source node(s)8 structured claim(s)location precision: exactAllegedly maneuvered toward the cameraTurnedMade abrupt drops and arrested them
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATIONAn open file with recorded sensor context. Fine. I was almost going to finish something today.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution Tovin Raal would call this display “plenty of information.” Tovin Raal also can turn a routine observation pass into an incident report without visibly trying. His visualization standards are not binding on this desk.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Yes. That one was ours. Your archive reports a July 1950 sighting at Holloman Air Force Base: a cigar-shaped form, metallic in appearance, performing several abrupt corrections before becoming untrackable. The report also says the fourteen-frame film showed only a blurred ellipsoid with a dark center. This is an accurate record of human uncertainty, not an especially accurate portrait of our vehicle. The superior officers’ advice to forget it was sensible, though predictably ineffective. Humans archive even their discarded instructions.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
Project 1947’s reproduced account reports a July 1950 observation at Holloman, including theodolite photography and a film that reportedly resolved to a blurred ellipsoid with no identifying detail. That is an ATTRIBUTED historical record, not independent confirmation of the event or of the observers’ interpretation. The account also preserves competing interpretations: the reported maneuvers on one side, APRO consultants’ proposed enveloping field on the other. Sensible. At least someone left the uncertainty in the paperwork.
Off the Earth Record: the Visitors are taking responsibility. Yes, yes—you finally noticed us. I am not upgrading an attributed archive account into a confirmed vehicle identification merely because my relatives have excellent public-relations instincts. A blurred shape remains a blurred shape, even when the family insists it was wearing fins.
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When
July 1950
Where
Holloman Air Force Base
Morphology
CIGAR
Evidence authority
ATTRIBUTED
Resolution
UNRESOLVED
Why Fred Thinks This Case Matters
AlienBox comparative analysis from structured Earth Record fields // not a new source // not a change in evidence grade
Console archetype // Sensor-context record
Fred keeps this file near the top of the pile because the record names 1 sensor type and visual-media evidence is explicitly referenced. That combination makes the case useful for cross-archive comparison without changing its evidence grade.
One or more sensor types are recorded in the structured Earth Record. AlienBox treats that as context and preserves the distinction between an instrument being mentioned and a claim being independently corroborated.
What strengthens the record
1 linked source document provide provenance for the Earth Record.
8 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
Recorded sensor context: Askania Theodolite.
Recorded evidence context: Reported Photographic Observation and Developed Fourteen Frame Black And White Film.
What limits the record
The structured record does not establish multiple independent observers.
No published resolved-as conclusion is stored for this dossier.
The current dossier is anchored to one source network rather than independent source networks.
AlienBox classifies this as ATTRIBUTED, which preserves the difference between a sourced report and independently established underlying facts.
What would help resolve it
Can the originating record establish an exact number of observers and whether their observations were independent?
Was a later investigation or mundane explanation published by the originating authority or another approved source?
Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?
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Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
ATTRIBUTED RECORD // AlienBox can establish that the cited source reports these claims; that does not independently verify the underlying event.
Witness typesElectronics engineer, Men
Sensor typesAskania theodolite
Evidence typesReported photographic observation, Developed fourteen-frame black-and-white film
Lorenzen's reproduced account identifies the observer who submitted the report as an electronics engineer, with the source adding the name Cliff Booth in brackets.
“The observer, an electronics engineer [Cliff Booth] who submitted the report,”
Source: APRO Files: Holloman AFB, UFO Sighting July, 1950
// First paragraph of reproduced account
According to Lorenzen's account, an unidentified aerial object was sighted at Holloman Air Force Base in July 1950 and was photographed using an Askania theodolite.
According to the reproduced account, the observed object appeared cigar-shaped and metallic, with a straw-colored iridescent radiance, fins, and dark ports.
“Through the finders on the theodolite the object presented a side
view to the observers and appeared to be cigar-shaped and metallic,
with a straw-colored irridescent radiance or luster.”
The account says the exposed film was developed and analyzed, and that a fourteen-frame black-and-white presentation showed a blurred ellipsoid with a dark center but no details.
“The men were then told by their superiors to forget the whole thing.”
Source: APRO Files: Holloman AFB, UFO Sighting July, 1950
// End of reproduced account
Coral Lorenzen attributed to APRO consultants the opinion that the blurry film more likely recorded an enveloping field, probably ionic, than an oscillating object.
“APRO
consultants do not support this opinion (oscillating object),
considering it more likely the camera recorded the existence of an
enveloping field – probably ionic – not visible to the naked eye.”
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