FRCHX

209 green fireball/orb sightings near Sandia New Mexico 1948-1950. Copper powder residue found as physical trace evidence. 116 pages of investigations released via PURSUE Release 2. Green fireballs ap

The U.S. AEC's classified controlled-fusion program begins at LANL and partner labs.

Greek engineer starts E-layer field reversal concept. Earliest compact torus conception. Presented at 1958 Geneva.

The Astron experiment established the field-reversed configuration geometry that prefigured modern FRC research.

Aerojet-General Corporation completes final report AF08(635)-1671 under Air Force contract, catalogued at DTIC as AD339084. Born SECRET with bracketed paragraphs identified as RESTRICTED DATA (Atomic

E. G. Harris publishes a classic paper on Magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor (MRT) instability, identifying a finite growth rate for thin shells even at zero wavenumber.

H.A.B. Bodin publishes a paper in Nuclear Fusion describing 'reversed field loops' within a theta-pinch, providing physical evidence of the FRC state.

T.S. Green and A.A. Newton propose that magnetic flux is lost via rapid convection at the radial Alfvén speed, a foundational theory for FRC formation.

The Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program is established to fund forefront science relevant to NNSA and DOE missions.

Experiments at LANL discover that Field-Reversed Configurations (FRCs) are significantly more stable than predicted by MHD theory.