Project 10073 Record: Incident No. 18 and Incident No. 19

This document contains two separate incident reports filed under Project 10073 regarding unidentified aerial phenomena observed at Camp Hood, Texas, on April 27, 1949. Incident No. 18 occurred at 2120 hours, where an observer on guard duty reported a large, dull violet, round object moving west at a low altitude of 6 to 7 feet. The object was described as having a light that pulsed at regular intervals and was visible for approximately 60 seconds. The observer noted the object passed through the forks of a tree. Incident No. 19 occurred shortly after at 2135 hours, involving four military personnel who observed a bright white, round object, approximately the size of a baseball, moving at a 'terrific rate of speed' on an azimuth of 220 degrees. This object also appeared at a low altitude and performed a 180-degree arc before disappearing. One witness in the second incident noted a 'cone shaped affair' trailing the object. Both reports confirm that no radar contact was made, no photographs were taken, and no physical evidence was recovered. The weather was reported as clear at the time of both sightings. The investigating officers, Captain Samuel T. Cooper and Captain H. W. McCulloch, interviewed the witnesses and characterized them as average enlisted men. The final official conclusion for these sightings was recorded as 'Other (BIRDS)'.