Project 10073 Record — Incident No. 1, Camp Hood, Texas, 11 July 1949

This document is a formal record of an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting reported at Camp Hood, Texas, on July 11, 1949. The report, filed under Project 10073, details the account of a Sergeant from Company A, 42nd Armored Infantry Battalion, 2nd Armored Division. At approximately 2110 hours, the witness, who was in a prone position near his half-track, observed a single object in the sky. The object was described as a pale red, ball-shaped entity, roughly twice the size of the evening star. It appeared to follow a straight path from 55 degrees east of north to 255 degrees south by west, maintaining an altitude of 30 degrees above the horizon. The witness noted that the object resembled tracer ammunition but was a brighter red, and it vanished suddenly, as if a light had been switched off. The duration of the sighting was approximately two seconds. Weather conditions at the time were clear, with a nearly full moon and no cloud cover. The investigating officer, Captain George M. Seivers, noted that the witness was of average intelligence for his rank. No radar, physical evidence, or photographs were associated with the event. The official conclusion reached by the investigation was that the object was an 'Astro (METEOR)'. The document was forwarded by Headquarters Fourth Army to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on August 23, 1949, for their information.