The Green Fireballs
- Event date
- 1948 Jan 1
- Location
- New Mexico and other parts of the Southwestern United States
- Country
- United States
Record summary
The US Air Force investigated reports of green flares streaking across the sky after an Air Force C-47 transport encountered a green ball of fire on 5 December 1948. The pilot, Captain Goede, described the object as larger than a meteor and not arching downward as a meteor would. The Air Force investigation was inconclusive.[75][76]