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Pulp Magazine Cover, March 1949
· March 1949

This document is not a pulp magazine but a U.S. Air Force military report dated 7 June 1949 from Camp Hood, Texas, concerning unidentified aerial sightings. It catalogs 23 separate observations of unnatural phenomena occurring between March and May 1949 in the Fort Worth area, submitted by the 4001st Base Services Squadron to the Eighth Air Force. The entries record specific coordinates, times, altitudes, and witness descriptions: blue-white flashes, bright streaks, blinking lights, objects ranging from basketball to half-dollar size, and larger diamond-shaped objects observed via artillery scopes. Colors varied from white and yellow to red and green. Most sightings lasted seconds to minutes, with speeds ranging from stationary to extremely fast. The report explicitly notes sightings were made by personnel from Killeen Base and Camp Hood rather than the reporting command's own staff.
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