t r.u sua~ Ui'~CLASS\F\ED ourr-~,BER t/ I NCOMPI.. DE.SCRIP'TION, OATES AND S U B JECT: CO~Y NO. TO: T::l: C OPY N O. REC' O BY' (FULL SIGNATUR E)- REC' O BY C OPY NO. RE:C' o ev DATE REC' 0 doct.zter. HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY FORT SAM HOU STON. TEXA S 7;nus~l Li ~ts l s t Ind. Headquarters, Sandia Base, P . O. Box 5100, Albuque r que, N.M. C~fice of Special Investigation, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1. Forrtarded to your office for transmittal to T-2, AMC. FCR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: 3' UJlJT~ary 2 z.:c:u bit :2a:e of Observ2.:i'Jr.. 6 Mar~h 19~9 E'l.:::cP of 'J":Jsc...,rti'n_ Point #1, Killeen Base, Ca:np Rood, Texas .hat attracte~ atte ion :~ otject Looked like 3askat~all ~;l;r ~f 0bject Pale Bl ue-',Vbi te 118h t Ball like flash : :t. Bone .=rJJeC~:Lnns .e.neuver s a fixed flash Ov~rcas-:, see co rrr.o i e t e UNC\_ASS\f\0 42nd AIB~ CO. A, Camp Hood, T~xa3 Da:~ of Observati 6 Karch h49cf Ini;er-rie'.v :: t tL~e (local) FloOr' of crose~r. tion Point #6, Killeen Base, Camp Hood, Texa3 ,fuat attra ted atte~ti~n t~ object A::parent siz~ 2 ft. :X l ft. :')l 0r ~1 .n b ,j cc t Pale Blue White ligot 6 to 45' above horizon Pte. Ranson renorted faint Pinkish 3 times lensth or body red trai~ extending ... I:L:.T.i!'. O Si ty . _ .ar~euvers ~f:ecton clcuds Bo deviation from course 1 :; ~-. : ...... o~ercast. See completa ~ea er data in File I Date of Observatisn 6 Maroh 194~a~e Killeen Base, Camp Hood, J~at attr &cted atten:i~n :~ osject 10 in length :;L;r ~f 0b .ject Light colored head orange trail Roundish head ~ith trail 210 to 6 31' above h orizon Orange trail No dev~at1on from _.An.."ler Of O.i Sa!. )e 2!'a!lCe UNCLASS\F\D }.ace er:d aG.-ire. s of obser't er : Sccu"')ati..)r. e.~.i hobbies: -lst Porvost I qd,ltiLI,E~ BASE, CAJ.tP HOOD,'l'E...~J s of 'Jbserve~: Co. A. AIB Hood, Texas 1J ~Clr SS.?l t D S/I, G.:'i'ic3 of the AC o:' ;:; _, J- 2 , _:eadqU!.1.:-ters :?ourth .\my, 7or t. ..;an, :iou3ton, Te::ro.s, a ~U,DJ n-u-r:u.st.:.nl Li.:~t~" Describe d a s "about 2 .t't by 1 .tt Col or: ?ale b lue-white li~ht Soeed : l;ot ~rnown Di rection: F rom :r 74 ,;r +,o I:i 81 :r Al t i t ucle: F:-tJJ:t 6 o..bo,,re hori:on ~o Sound: Hone ~w...aust trail: S,..t Vic~-:er-r !"'9:lorts a fai:1t ~:L"'L...:ish red trail e:;cte~di.:."'lC lenbt..h of the body. L~? r a.'o c--:re no~e. Pre ?~nsom about th~ee ti~es :::-:-"'::1 cbse~:ation noiltt .. ~1 (see 9.tt~ched o v'9rl3.y). -~0rut 2020 hours. LJcation of 1oint: b . fe ather: 0YP'3r:ca.st (see at-tached 1vea.ther repor t ) . c;.. .Ti tnesses : . 2 '..I3, Company A ;t!_,., 2 ::rood, Te:cas d . Object s i ghted : i-iumber t 1 Shape: Ball l i.ke f l ash Looked l i 1ce basketbal l Pale b l ue-white lin t Speed : No t known (o) Dire.ction: (7) .. tfaneuver a bili ty: None--wu.s a Altitude : Sound : :~Tone 2 :thaust trail: "fixed f lash" <:::::::> MOVING OBLONG i FIXED FLASH MOVING FIRE BALL MOVING OBLONG FIRE INITIAL OBSERVATION 1:0. -TERMINAL OBSERVATION WITH TRAlL . LENGTH OF RAY LINES DOES NOT INDICATE DISTANCE FROM OBSERVATION ~01, 'T TO OBJECT. DISTANCE . FROM OBSERVATION POINT. TO OBJ ECT IS UNKNOWN . TANK DESTROYER CENTER CAMP HOOD TEXA FIRST EDITION 1943 LINES AS SHOWN ON OVERLAY HAVE BEEN CHANGED FROM MAGNETIC TO GRID AZIMUTH . OBSERVATIONS flt.b-S ~;yw