April 27, 1949 — Camp Hood, TX
9:20 p.m. Two Army patrolmen southeast of Killeen Base, Texas, see a blinking violet light no more than 1.5 inches in diameter and only 10–12 feet from them, 6–7 feet above the ground. During the 60-second observation, the light passes through the branches of a tree. At 9:25 p.m., 2 miles away, four Army soldiers see a 4-inch light with a 2–4-inch metallic cone attached to the back. It silently approaches them in a level flight at 60–70 mph. It disappears to the southwest at a distance of 150 feet. At about 9:37 p.m., a 2-inch-wide purplish-white light appears 100 feet away to the northwest, flying in a zig-zag fashion in a level path 6–7 feet above the ground. When they attempt to approach it to investigate, it suddenly zooms away down the road at a high rate of speed before the light shuts off and the object disappears. A third light shows up at 9:39 p.m. in the west-southwest. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 204-205, pp. 57–58;
Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 10;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 542;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 601;
NICAP, “Close Encounters with Drones/Probes at Weapons Storage Site”;
National Archives, “Camp Hood, Texas, April 1949 - Incident Number: 314”;
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28934366
Jazz Shaw, “From the Project Blue Book Archives: A Few Lesser-Known UFO Cases from Yesteryear,” The Debrief, March 7, 2023;
