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Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Manhattan Project lab, now run by Triad (Battelle, Texas A&M, University of California) for NNSA, with 17,000 to 18,000 staff. Two LANL-linked people are in the press cluster: Anthony Chavez, a retired construction foreman, and Melissa Casias, an admin assistant. Igor's list turned them into an explosives chemist and a 'Michele', and misplaced Steven Garcia here. LANL also sits at the centre of the 1948 to 1951 green-fireball mystery.

On the record

  • Managed by Triad National Security (Battelle, Texas A&M, University of California) since Nov 2018.
  • In Apr 2026 LANL referred press questions on Chavez and Casias to the White House press office.
  • House Oversight letter to DOE (20 Apr 2026) counts 'two affiliated with Los Alamos' and calls the reporting unconfirmed.
  • Casias's remains were found 28 May 2026 in Carson National Forest with a handgun. OMI: gunshot to the head, manner undetermined.
  • Los Alamos green-fireball conferences on 16 to 17 Feb and 14 Oct 1949 included Teller, Bradbury and LaPaz. Transcript released Jul 2026 under PURSUE.
  • Project Twinkle (1949 to 1951) watched for the fireballs and ended with a 'probably natural' finding that LaPaz disputed.

Claims (11)

The green fireballs were 'most certainly not a conventional meteorite fall'.firsthandSourced, unconfirmed
Sightings cluster around nuclear sites, so the fireballs were surveillance of the bomb labs.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
LANL is losing scientists in a cluster.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
Casias was a nuclear insider with high clearance.anonymousSourced, unconfirmed
Base rate: with 17,000 staff and many retirees in rugged country, several missing or death cases a year are expected.analysisSourced, unconfirmed
Los Alamos Z Division chose Sandia Base on 12 Jul 1945; LANL holds 1972 and 1975 AEC/ERDA patents for a nuclear 'subterrene' that melts tunnels through rock, and has an underground laboratory described in a DOE-supplied article.firsthandOn the recordpatents; DOE (via Richard Sauder), cited by UAP Gerb
1947 discs were analysed under Vannevar Bush by Los Alamos and its Z Division at Sandia Base.J. Andrew Kissner's statement on the 1947 recoveries (1994)Sandia National Laboratories - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy ProgramssecondhandLeadJ. Andrew Kissner
Three-quarters of LANL is underground.anonymousLeadRichard Sauder
Underground trains bored by nuclear subterrenes link the RCS sites and Area 51.secondhandLeadCol. Steve Wilson (via Richard Boylan)
LANL physicist Ferris Williams co-authored SAIC's 1990 Electric Propulsion Study for the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory.UFO Legacy Programs - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)firsthandSourced, unconfirmedSAIC report (1990), cited by UAP Gerb; to verify on DTIC
As an FFRDC under the Atomic Energy Act, LANL is one of the DOE labs that hold custody of recovered material.speculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)

Cases (1)

Connected

Armed Forces Special Weapons Project orgBattelle Memorial Institute orgDOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI) orgNational Nuclear Security Administration (NEST, OST, SRT) orgSandia National Laboratories orgJ. Andrew Kissner personAnthony "Tony" Chavez personDonald Kerr personJohn Deutch personMelissa Casias personDr. Nuno F. G. Loureiro personSteven Garcia personUAP Gerb (Sam) personJ. Andrew Kissner's statement on the 1947 recoveries (1994) documentSAIC Electric Propulsion Study for the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory (1990) document

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