PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6310947

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1949

REPORTED LOCATIONCamp Hood Texas

FRAMES7

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Gno (Military) 1. Astro (VENUS)
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5. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION
50 Minutes Object was just a brill Lisht Pinkish to groon and rourt
3. TYPE OF OSSERVATION Appeared as if wore constantly spi ( alternating red,
5 greon and white.
. Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
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Wast & North
. PHOTOS
D.Yes
L...o
2. PAYSICAL EVIDENCE
S Yo. .

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12. Distance from observer 4,000 ydo
13. Direction of flight of ebject(s)
14. Time in sight 50 mdn.
15. Speed v very slow
16. Sound and odor None
17. Trail Noma
18. I Luminosity Brighter than star

FRAME 003 / 007POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

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CONTROL NO SUBJECT: Ltr DECIMAL FILE NO. FOLLOW UP ON
Unidentified erial Phenomena 1
Q-12.06
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DATE
FROM: H CaS DATED 5/27/49
TO: IAXS No. Incls.
RECORDIN DATE 49
AXT-1 1430
DESK RECORDED HOUR
ROUTED TO SUSPENSE DATE ESTABLISPED BY INITIALS DATE
1 IAXS N/r
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DATE HER DISPOSITION: TRANSMITTAL
AMCFORM NO. 10-2
NOV 47
SEE OTHER SIDE
FORFEMARKS
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Aircraft," an No. A-1917.
b. lst Indorsement, Cormanding General, Air Lateriel Cornand,
Wright Patterson Air ton. , MCIAXO-3, 25 March 1949,
to letter, Ieadquarters my, OB, subject, "Unconventional
Aircraft," 5March 1949.
2. The inclosed "Guide to Investigati unusual light observed
at Camp Hood, Texas, 6 May 1949, is forwa
FOR THE COLMSANDING GENERAL:
//
DOD DIR 5200.10 YEARS.
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8. Color of object: Alternating pinkish to green
9. Shape (give graphic wn object):
Round —
20. Altitude (Angle of elevation above horizon - 0 , overhead):
Approximately 1,200 ft dropping to 40 ft
11. E 5,200 mils
12. Distance from observer (distonce object
appeared to be): 4,000 yards
brilliance): Very brilliant--brighte than any star visible.
19.
20. Manouvers (turns, c H
Slow lowering of altitu
DONCLASSIFIED
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FRAME 007 / 007paddle-gpu-200dpi

observor (chocl etc.)
Did observer woar glasses, ospocially polarcid glasses
ing, or was objoct ransparont
matorial?
.
Object was
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