March 17, 1949 — Camp Hood, TX
Seven sightings of large, green, red, and white flares take place at Killeen Base, Texas, including the previously skeptical Capt. Horace McCulloch, assistant G-2 of the Second Armored Division at Camp Hood, who is driving between Camp Hood and Killeen Base to prepare a test firing of some flares to prove that recent sightings are not anomalous. McCulloch puts the entire base on alert. [Eberhart]
Summary of Information:
Sources:
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed.,p. 542;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 600;
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns File, Case 184, p. 52;
Blue Book Folder (NICAP doesnt have a page for this, so I have zipped it and provided it here, Bluebook pages above are pp.53,54,59,60)