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Page ID (PID)	MAXW-PBB5-804
Collection	NARA-Maxwell


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Roll Description	Maxwell Blue Book 5
Document Code	N/A

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WfL  2        ''        I         ''       "          ''             "               ''              Incident
I''a:iu  .-md  ad-ir;3 5  of observer:       Personnel of Camp Hood Base
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:. ;]if moving "lighti" appeared in the atmosphere over or |n the viointty of the   "
WQH area, AFSVfP, Camp Hpod# Texas, on the evontng of 17 Uaroh 19^9*    At the time of
1 these sightings,  the alert guard of the 2nd Armored Division, under the Assistant
AC of S,  0-2 of Camp Hood, was  ir. tho area oonoarned and prepared to fire flares and   -
reoord instrument readings of elevation and azimuth*    The purpose was to oheok the
powers of observation of observers who hud previously  reported the phenomena observed
on 6-7~ l-Iaroh 19^c-  a^d heretofore reported  in,Sui.i::iary of Information,  this head-
quarters,  dated 17 .''Jaroh1 19^9  aubjeoti    "Unusual Lights."    However, before thls.oper-u
 oould be be^oin,  the  series of ''6 uuusual "lights" appeared.                   1         .      ''   ''
Coordinates  of lijhto and tinie of
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Coordinates
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910.39  - S6O.13
910.Ii2  - 60.lU
,910,5s  - &6o*15
910*52  1 655.20
910.50  - S5517
9^0*56  - 655.06
910*57  -1 655.35
Time
1952
195S
,195s
("2000
2000
2010
202U
2152
Coordinates were based on dual sightings of each light by sights on tanks of
observers*    Time was olooked at  instant of sighting*   {Captain UcCullough.  the Assis-
tant G-2,  personally observed three of the lights.    Physical ohuraottjriBtioB of t.hesej
"lights11 ward  ruportod an, "quito different"  fro^ those  reported on 6r7-  .luroh 19li9t-
One ,tlur;j% Jjjto a  ''h >c:. olustor.    Onolwus  roddish,  aiiothor whito.    One objserver de-
scribedl sorje  of then as  similar to Very Pistol flares.    While this phenoi-ona was
ooourrL''n;;,  a  seourlty detachment fro-:i the  ''
row from the 2nd Armored Division.
 area urrivod in tho vicinity oi"the alert
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