Unidentified Lights at Camp Hood, Texas - March 12, 24, 1949
Multiple sightings of unidentified yellow and red lights near Camp Hood Q Area on March 12 and March 24, 1949, stationary or slowly moving with no identifiable cause found despite ground investigation.
“On 124947 March 1949, four unidentified lights appeared in the vicinity of 915.26 - 855.19, the lights noticed at this time were three yellow and one red. A patrol of Killeen Base, in the 'Q' Area noticed two of these lights. A patrol located on Grossville Mountain, which consisted of four enlisted men of the Alert Force saw four. Immediate investigation in the general area failed to reveal any cause or anything which would indicate that some person or thing had been in the area.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D017.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1949-03-12
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Camp Hood, Texas, Q Area, Killeen Base, Grossville Mountain
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Texas
- Branch
- USA
- Unit
- Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army
- Sensors
- eyewitness
Resolution
Multiple observations of yellow and red lights; investigation failed to find cause; no movement observed
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
Camp Hood, Texas, Q Area, Killeen Base, Grossville Mountain / 1949
- DOW-UAP-D017.pdf — Written report of this sighting