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DIRECTOR, FBI
March 22, 1949
It ,,as br ought out that since December 5, 1948 t;.hor e he.ve been more t han
ten incidents analagous to the 11gr een fireball" above described and some
t,•enty other s Y1i th ruiner devic.tions from the above.
It is tlso pointed out
the.t the only sitings 1·1hioh he.d occurred see.med to have been confined to the
Los ~lrunos, Las Vegas,. ru1d ~·iest Texas triapgle ,
G-2 also c.dvised thct as of Novomber 1 , 1948, in.t'ornw,tion had bc.en r eceived
f r om higher lfilitary authorities tm-.t tho Air Force hnd advised that such
sitings occur periodical~ and that anot her per iod of siti ngs was then
imminent .
Further, on Fcbru~.ry 14, 1949, higher 1Iilitary authorities ndvised
that it was believed that ult.iJ11ately it would be found that the phenomena
in question have a natural explanation..
It is further noted thot c?.bout 7:30 p .,m. , 1!.'..rch 6, 19h9, what was at first
thought to be a flar e was seen approximately onc- h<llf mile north of Killeen
Base in the area of the Vital Instnllc.tion c.t Camp Hood, Toms, and a second
flcro ;ms noticed £!.t 1 : 45 a .m. , J!arch 7, 1949, D..)pr oxinu:.tcly throe miles from
Ki llGcn Bo.sc. It hc.s since bocn concluded thc.t t hG flc.res seen near Killeen
r.re prob.::.bly simile.r t o the phenomena pr aviously noted in the Los AL."lllos,
Sc.ndia Base Area although these ~re the first sitings of such phenomena near
Cemp Hood.
There apperu-s to be reason to believe th.:i.t the ~hove-mentioned phenomena may
be connectGd 11ith secret expt;;rimcmts being conducted by some U.s. Government
...gency as it is believed thc.t the Unitod Stc.tos is fD.rther c.dvanccd in gui ded
missile. developmGnt thnn any foreign poner.
Although the pr im.c.".cy responsibility for investig~ting such matters is now
,a.th the U.S . A. F. Air Iratcricl Canrnund, G-2, 4th Army i s.still inter ested
in being advised of any further sitings of such phenomena Hhich might be
observod .
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