UFO talk at Los Alamos: Pajarito Astronomers letter, 1986
Official file: DOE-UAP-D003, Pajarito Astronomers Invitation, 1986
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Key facts
- Official file ID
- DOE-UAP-D3 (cited as DOE-UAP-D003 in this file)
- Document type
- Document
- Agency
- Department of Energy
- Released in
- R02 · 2026-05-22
- Incident date
- 5/20/86
- Incident location
- New Mexico
- Coordinates
- 34.5802074, -105.996047
- Pages legible
- 1/1
- VIRIN
- 260508-O-D0360-1076
Official description
A letter to the members of the Pajarito Astronomers club regarding an upcoming meeting featuring a presentation from a Los Alamos National Laboratory-affiliated physicist, Dr. John Warren, titled “Why Should a Scientist be Concerned about UFOs?” The referenced event was not officially hosted by Los Alamos. The laboratory has no record of the subject matter discussed at the meeting.
✦ AI summary
A one-page letter to members of the Pajarito Astronomers (P.O. Box 1092, Los Alamos, NM 87544; "Sponsored by Club 1663"), dated Tuesday, 20 May 1986, with the officers' names redacted. It announces the next meeting for Thursday, 29 May 1986, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ranch Room at Fuller Lodge. The guest speaker will be Dr. John Warren of AT-6, whose topic will be "Why Should a Scientist be Concerned about UFO's?" The letter gives directions to the Ranch Room: go around the outside to the south end of the Lodge, facing Central Avenue, and go upstairs. Handwritten marks at the top ("A-86-014-91-3", "5/20/86") and in the margin ("EHF-100-334") look like archive or file annotations.
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▸Transcript(1 of 1 pages legible)
[PAGE 1] [Handwritten annotations, upper right: "A-86-014-91-3"; "[initials]. Borgman H-183"; "5/20/86"] Pajarito Astronomers P.O. Box 1092, Los Alamos NM, 87544 President [redacted] MS K553 Vice President [redacted] MS E531 Treasurer [redacted] MS F665 Sponsored by Club 1663 [Handwritten, right margin: "EHF-100-334"] Tuesday, May 20, 1986 Dear Members, Our next meeting will be Thursday, May 29, 1986, in the Ranch Room at Fuller Lodge, at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Dr. John Warren of AT-6, whose topic will be "Why Should a Scientist be Concerned about UFO's?" To find the Ranch Room, go around (outside) to the south end of the Lodge (facing Central Ave.), and go upstairs. See you there. Sincerely, [redacted] [redacted] [faint stamp, bottom right, mostly illegible: "...000 000 ... -91-3"]
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Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo
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