Los Alamos National Laboratory
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| Type | Place |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Los Alamos |
| On the Timeline | 12 events, 1951–2022 |
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a U.S. Department of Energy research laboratory in northern New Mexico, founded in 1943 as the secret Manhattan Project site where the first atomic bombs were designed. In 1948–1949 it was at the centre of reports of mysterious "green fireballs" over New Mexico, which led to scientific conferences and to the Air Force's Project Twinkle.[1][2]
Manhattan Project
The laboratory began as Project Y, under physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, to design and build nuclear weapons. Its scientists assembled the device for the Trinity test near Alamogordo on 16 July 1945 and the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.[1]
Cold War
In 1947 it became the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, with Norris Bradbury as director. Its physicists, including Edward Teller and Stanisław Ulam, helped develop the first thermonuclear weapons, and in 1952 the rival Lawrence Livermore laboratory was founded. Since the end of the Cold War much of its work has focused on maintaining the nuclear stockpile without testing.[1]
Management
The University of California ran the laboratory from 1943 to 2006, followed by Los Alamos National Security LLC and, since 1 November 2018, Triad National Security, a partnership of Battelle, the University of California and Texas A&M University. It has a budget of about $4.9 billion and more than 13,000 employees on some 9,000 hectares (22,200 acres).[1]
Green fireballs
From December 1948 pilots, scientists and security staff reported bright green fireballs over northern New Mexico, near sensitive sites including Los Alamos. University of New Mexico meteor expert Lincoln LaPaz argued that they were not ordinary meteors. A conference at Los Alamos in February 1949, attended by scientists including physicist Joseph Kaplan, could not identify them, and a further conference there on 14 October 1949 called for systematic photography and measurement. This led to Project Twinkle, which ran camera stations in 1950–1951 but recorded nothing conclusive.[2][3]
On the UAP Timeline
- Anthony Mirarchi's challenge to the balloon explanation (27 February 1951) — The head of Project Twinkle tells reporters the Navy is misleading the public and real UAP show controlled motion.
- Project Twinkle kept classified (1952) (19 February 1952) — The Air Force's science advisers recommend keeping Project Twinkle, a UAP study at atomic sites, classified.
- Carter request and NASA's UFO decision (1977) (13 December 1977) — A NASA safety chief writes that a possible UFO fragment was studied at Los Alamos.
- Advanced Theoretical Physics group (20 May 1985) — A secure facility hosts a conference on whether UAP evidence supports a research program.
- SAIC electric propulsion study (1988) (April 1988) — SAIC studies electric propulsion for Edwards AFB.
- Bob Lazar goes public (15 May 1989) — Bob Lazar goes public, claiming he worked on alien craft at S-4 near Area 51.
- Los Alamos nurse claim (16 March 1991) — A retired nurse says bodies were flown into Los Alamos after the war.
- Bill Richardson and the Roswell records (28 June 2008) — Bill Richardson says Los Alamos and the Pentagon refused his questions about Roswell.
- Bill Uhouse (1 November 2013) — A retired Marine captain says he tested exotic aircraft and worked on alien technology.
- Atomic Energy Commission UFO materials claim (29 April 2020) — A journalist's source says the Atomic Energy Commission had UAP materials as early as 1947.
- Oke Shannon and Los Alamos UAP interest (24 September 2022) — A former Los Alamos manager says staff studied UAP unofficially.
- ATP meeting notes release (26 September 2022) — The former Los Alamos manager publishes notes from a 1985 advanced physics meeting.
References
- Los Alamos National Laboratory — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Green fireballs — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- L. Elterman, "Project Twinkle — Final Report" (27 Nov 1951), transcribed by Project 1947 · project1947.com · archived copy
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