# March 17, 1949 — Camp Hood, TX — Red/Green/White ‘Flares’ Seen over Killeen Base

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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:

 ![03171949-KillianBase-BB-1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/ba7fcfe7c80fc6af85bc3c8f92aead0a068ecb55.jpeg)

 ![03171949-KillianBase-BB-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/8f8a7f270b0345ac7b35cf453461f919ff8bbf76.jpeg)

 ![03171949-KillianBase-BB-3](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/a/ac550c408f28c8b7c81104809858a99a2d5bc3a8.jpeg)

 ![03171949-KillianBase-BB-4](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/d/d9a5dbcc5f3164a14a8b2c6858e354ad5f0557ff.jpeg)

Sources:  
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed.,p. 542;  
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 600;

 ![03171949-KillianBase-ClarkIII-p542](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/8ddab3facf514804cf06d118e2529facded4b1a5.png)

Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns File, Case 184, p. 52;

 ![03171949-KillianBase-Sparks-Case184-p52](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/7/77cb99a98e36e77c2e6cf14dcd461fad19e55a19.png)

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)

> **[1949.03.17 - 6792711 - Ft. Hood, Texas Excellent (lights).zip](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17u0-G8_tG4p0KUPMlZJ8Z6_ELpoVc3if/view?usp=share_link)**
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> Google Drive file.