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The 1965 UFO
Chronology
 The Rex Heflin photographs in panorama Created: July 12, 2006, updated 23 May 2012 This year encompasses more recognized incidents in
one group than any other year I am aware of. To name a
few: The May 6 Philippine Sea radar case, the July
3 E-M case at Antarctica, the Aug. 2 Sherman,
TX/Campbell photo case, the Aug. 3 Santa Ana/Rex Heflin
photo case, the Aug. 2 (or 3rd) Tulsa, OK/Alan Smith
photo, the Aug. 19 Cherry Creek, NY, trace case, the
Sept. 2/3 Exeter, NH close encounter, the famous Edwards
AFB encounter of Oct. 7, followed by the Northeast Power
Grid Failure of November 9th.
NICAP Site CoordinatorOur thanks for these chronologies must go to our documentation team: Richard Hall (the original chronology from UFOE II), William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive), Dan Wilson (archive researcher), and Brad Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns). Last, but not least, our thanks to Jean Waskiewicz who created the online NICAP DBase (NSID) that helped make it possible to link from the cases to the reports themselves. This chrono also covers the 1965 flap near Virginia. Francis Ridge The 1965 UFO Chronology___________________________________________________ December
1964-January 1965 sighting concentration around
Washington, DC, which led to CIA contact with NICAP to
obtain information.
Virginia 1965 Flap
(FSR)
Opposition Flap 1965
(FSR)
Jan. 1, 1965; Norfolk, Virginia (BB) 3:13 a.m. EST. A Norfolk Police patrolman observed in the western sky one round large light leading 7-8 smaller bright lights in trail in single file formation on a straight and level flight path from south to north. The large light had the apparent size of a dime held at arm's length. A split second before the final disappearance another large object seemed to shoot out ahead of the original large object. The observer was prompted to report his sighting after the local news announced the Patuxent River Naval Air Station radar tracking of two UFOs on 29 December. Jan. 5, 1965; Lynchburg, Virginia (BB) On this date, (exact time not given) witnesses observed a round circle of light high in the sky moving southward. The object would pause then continue on course. This was reported to the Weather Bureau at the Lynchburg Airport by telephone. The area was scanned for 30 minutes by a AN/FPS-6 height finder radar. The length of the visual observation was 5 minutes. (Dan Wilson, BB files) Jan. 5, 1965; Wallops Island, VA (BB) 5:56 p.m. EST. A NASA engineer observed a round bright yellow light rising from the horizon at 200 degrees azimuth. The apparent size of the object was that of a nickel held at arm's length. As the object reached an overhead position it disappeared. The length of observation was approximately 8-9 seconds. The witness claims that his wife and brother-in-law made the same observation. (Section IV; Section VIII). Jan. 10, 1965; South Boston, Virginia (BB) 7:15 p.m. EST. The observer Strickland heard a hissing noise and looked up to see a large object with a long trail of sparks moving across the sky from north to south. After a few minutes the witness heard several planes overhead. (Dan Wilson, BB files) Jan.10, 1965; Silver Springs, Maryland (BB) Night. Three members of family observed a bright white light (1/2 size of the size of an automobile?), flying straight from NW to SE. The object was believed to be 200 feet from the ground and in level flight at 45 degrees elevation. The sky was overcast and visibility was 4 miles, according to the RECORD CARD. The length of observation was 5-10 seconds.The time given for the sighting on the RECORD CARD is 1555Z which converts to 10:55 a.m. EST. The time given on the JOINT MESSAGE FORM says 1555Z, at night. (Dan Wilson, BB files) Jan. 11, 1965; Washington, DC. Army Signal Corps communications system specialists observed 12-15 white ovals maneuvering erratically, with jets seen in pursuit (Section II). Jan. 12, 1965: Blaine AFB, Wash. (BBU) Member of a federal agency, who was driving toward
the base, saw a low-flying object, 30 ft in diameter,
which avoided collision at the last moment. He got out
of the car and saw it hovering for 1 min, then fly off
at high speed. Object tracked on radar. Same night, a
round, glowing object with a dome on top landed on a
nearby farm, melting snow in a 30 ft diameter circle.
(UFOE II, Section V; Vallée Magonia 630; NICAP
March 1965; BB files??)
Jan. 14, 1965; Wilmot, NH Cat. 3. Luminous object hovering, humming sound, electricity resumed when object sped away. Jan.18, 1965; Buchanan, Virginia (BB) 6:00 p.m. EST. Three children observed a round object with 3 rings like donuts stacked one on the other moving directly overhead. The object seemed to be high when first sighted to the north. The object paused momentarily and appeared to descend slightly, then ascend and continued on course to the south at a fast rate of speed. It was observed for 2 to 5 minutes. A check with the Washington Air Defense Sector revealed that there were no aircraft under their operational control at the time of the sighting. The area was scanned by a AN/FPS-6 height finder radar 45 minutes after the sighting. (Dan Wilson) Jan. 19, 1965; Brand's Flats, VA. Humanoid beings emerged from landed object at archery range, approached witness, who froze, apparently paralyzed (Section XII). Jan. 21, 1965; Richmond, Virginia (BB) 7:10 p.m. EST. A bright light, the size compared with a half dollar held at arm's length was observed hovering over the tower of radio station WTVR. After hovering for a few seconds the object appeared to move rapidly to the north and disappear over the horizon. The light was seen for approximately 45 seconds. (Dan Wilson, BB docs) Jan. 23, 1965; Lightfoot, N of Williamsburg, Virginia (BBU 9242) 8:40 a.m. Cars stalled near intersection of US Hwy 60
and State Route 614, witness T. F. Mains saw light-bulb
or mushroom-shaped object 75-80 ft tall, 10-25 ft wide,
metallic gray, red-orange and blue glows, hovering over
nearby field about 4 ft off the ground, making a vacuum
cleaner-type noise, suddenly accelerate horizontally to
the W against the wind and disappear. 25 seconds, two
autos disabled (UFOE II, Section VIII; Berliner; cf.
Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 177-8; Vallée Magonia 633)
Jan. 24-28, 1965; Unknown location in Alaska (BBU) (McDonald List) Jan. 27-28, 1965; Altavista, Virginia (BB) 1:35 a.m. EST. As reported in accordance with AFR 200-2, one witness observed a bright light the size of a golf ball to baseball held at arm's length. The object was observed maneuvering in an erratic pattern in and around three aircraft (2 aircraft the first night and 1 aircraft the second night) up and down over and above. (Dan Wilson, BB files) Jan. 27, 1965; Plum Tree Island (Hampton), Virginia (BB) 6:00 p.m. EST. A NASA research engineer, A. G. Crimmins (located at Hampton) observed an object that was approximately 75 feet across and 10 to 15 feet in height. The object had 3 to 7 lights colored red and orange. The object appeared to rotate. The object first appeared at an azimuth of 20 degrees and a maximum of 75 feet of elevation. The object moved approximately 1/4 mile west of the original position on a zigzag course and then appeared to land on the shore. It remained fixed for approximately five minutes. The object then took off to the north and then turned right to depart to the east at a high rate of speed. The object was viewed through 20-power binoculars. There were apparently other reports of similar sightings in the same area at approximately the same time. (UFOE II, Section IV). Jan. 24-28, 1965; Alaska (BBU)
(McDonald list)
Jan. 28, 1965; Alaska 3:30 a.m. (Over a period of 5 days there were object sightings reported throughout Alaska. Sightings were reported from Anchorage, Fairbanks, Cape Lisburne, Northeast Cape, Cape Newenham, Cape Romanzoff, Unalakleet, Indian Mountain, and Fort Yukon). On January 28, at 3:30 a.m. local time, an object was tracked on radar at the same time and direction as visual sightings of tear drop shaped objects. Object tracked on FPS-6 and FPS-20A radars. (Dan Wilson) Feb. 2, 1965; Richmond, Virginia; Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland Area At 4:10 p.m. EST, a round or cone-shaped silver object was observed by a weather observer through a theodolite at Richmond, Virginia. The object was moving on an easterly course. The object was picked up on radar. The object was observed south and east of Patuxent River at 5:40 p.m., and over Wallops Island at 5:05 p.m. There were airborne sightings near Baltimore and Washington by two ANG F-86H's at 38,000 feet and two Navy F8C's at 50,000 feet. The object was observed over a period of 2-3 hours or more. (Dan Wilson) Feb. 11, 1965; Pacific Ocean (Bt. Alaska & Japan) Flying Tiger aircrew observed three red oval objects, tracked on airborne and ground radar. Paced aircraft for 30 minutes, departed upward at high speed (UFOE II, Section I). March 2, 1965; E of Weeki Wachee, near Brooksville,
Florida (BBU)
1:55 p.m. John F. Reeves, 65, retired, while walking
in the woods saw an bluishgreen and reddish-purple
object 20-30 ft in diameter, 6 ft thick, saucer-shaped
with an outer rim and a stairway, with 2 2-ft windows on
top, landed on the ground on 4 4-ft legs about 2,000 ft
away. He approached to 100 ft. After watching it for 10
mins [?], he saw a robot-like being about 200-300 ft
away, about 5 ft tall, wearing a gray-silver uniform,
glass dome headgear, wide-spaced eyes, pointed chin,
walking to 15 ft from Reeves, stared at him for 1-1/2
mins, pointing a box [?] or 6-7-inch black object at
Reeves that emitted a flash 3 times, then walked back to
the landed vehicle and climbed in. Object had
Venetian-blind-like blades on the rim that opened and
closed, rim started rotating counterclockwise, landing
gear retracted, then it took off with a
whooshing-rumbling sound and disappeared vertically in
< 10 secs, dropping 2 sheets of paper with
indecipherable writing, and leaving indentations and
footprints in the ground. Investigated by MacDill AFB.
(Vallée Magonia 638; etc.) [Note: Richard Hall
supervised the investigation for NICAP and concluded
that it was a hoax]
March 4, 1965; Corvallis, Oregon (BBU 9301)
9:23 [6:30?] p.m. W. V. Harrison and his employee
while driving in a car saw 3 yellow-orange spheres or
lights rise rapidly from the ground, several seconds
apart. Next day an oily spot was found at the site.
(Berliner; cf. Vallée Magonia 639)
March 8, 1965; Mount Airy, Maryland (BBU 9305)
7:40 p.m. J. H. Martin, instrument maker for National
Bureau of Standards, and 2 others, saw 6 lights fly
overhead slowly [and/or a cigar-shaped object with 2
fixed red lights, fly above them, just missed hitting
the house, disappearing to the NE]. (Berliner; cf.
Vallée Magonia 640)
March 15, 1965; Everglades, FL Hovering cone-shaped object, animal reaction. Witness struck on forehead by light beam, unconscious, eye damage. Damaged foliage found at site (UFOE II, Section I). March 21, 1965; near Osaka, Japan 7:00 p.m. local time. A UFO paced one Japanese airliner, disappeared, then chased another airliner. This report is listed in the Vol. II UFOE as March 18, over Himeji, but the UFO Investigator publication says March 21. Yoshiaki Inada, the piloting a Toa Airlines plane with 40 passengers spotted the UFO near Osaka. It was an elliptical luminous object which followed the plane for about threee minutes, then took up a position 300' off the left wing and paced the plane for 55 miles. During this time, Inaba told newsmen, it “violently” affected his automatic direction finder and his radio. He tried to contact Osaka Communications tower, but was unsuccessful. The object disappeared when the aircraft reached Matsuyama in Shikoku. (NICAP UFO Investigator, Vol. 3, No.1; Volume II of the UFO Evidence, Hall) April 4, 1965; Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi (BBU
9345)
4:05 a.m. USAF A/2c Corum, weather observer, with
confirmation by college student R. Pittman not clear
from available data. Saw a 40 ft black, oval object with
4 lights along the bottom, fly in and out of the clouds.
(UFOE II, Section I, Berliner)
April 10-14, 1965; Misawa AFB, Japan
(BBU)
Night. Unidentified radar targets were observed. The targets direction of travel varied. The targets appeared the size of 2 century type aircraft and targets were observed on PAR and ASR at the same points. The targets were seen on eight occasions on April 14, four times on both search and precision radar. In one instance four targets were visible simultaneously. The radars involved were CPN-18 (S-band) and FPN-16 (X-band) GCA radars. Maintenance checked the radar, it appeared normal. The Chief, Target Branch, 1st Lt. David W Vaughan stated; "In the past 12 years I have observed all types of weather, wind, temperature inversion, false returns, birds, and numerous other objects on radar, but never a target this size, moving with the speed and directions of these." (McDonald list)
April 18, 1965; Bernalillo, New Mexico Photos, nuclear connection. April 23, 1965; Rivesville, West Virginia (BBU)
8 a.m. Woman saw a 25 ft object land near her house
while she was working in the kitchen. Shaped like a
disk, with portholes, a cylinder about 3 ft high, a
sliding door from which a small being, about 3 ft tall
emerged and jumped to the ground. Its face was not
clearly visible but it had pointed ears, a sort of tail,
was linked to the main object by a cable, wore white
clothing, picked up something from the ground, then
re-entered the cylinder, which slid up into the larger
white disk. Outside rim of landed object started
spinning in a counterclockwise motion with a soft
whistling sound, it then rose straight up out of sight.
(Vallée Magonia 644)
May
6,
1965; Philippine Sea (BBU)
9:10 a.m. [GMT? = 6:10? p.m. Local Time?] Crew of
USN ship heading W at 265° at 15 knots sighted
aircraft at bearing 000° [N?] approaching. At 9:14
the SPS-6C air search radar detected 4 targets at
ranges up to 22 miles for the next 6 mins at extremely
high speed 3,000 knots (3,500 mph) and various
maneuvers, viewed through binoculars appeared as 3
lighted objects one of 1st stellar magnitude the
others 2nd magnitude. Objects hovered directly over
the ship for 3 mins as confirmed visually and on radar
by the Commanding Officer, bridge crew and others on
deck. No IFF response, one object to starboard
appeared larger on radar. Objects departed to the SE
at extremely high speed. (Hynek UFO Exp ch. 7, case
RV-5)
May 7, 1965; Oxford, Mich. (BBU 9389)
7:30 p.m. M. E. Marshall saw a light, like a
satellite, split into 2 parts, one of which was
copperish color, then 2 more joined up. One object may
have been tumbling. (Berliner)
May 20, 1965; Leroy Township, Ohio Dog and horse reacted to disc at rooftop altitude. May 24, 1965; Mackay, Australia. Circular UFO with three legs on or near the ground, trees illuminated. Departed rapidly with buzzing sound. Circular ring impression found at site (UFOE II, Section VII). May 28, 1965; Townsville, North Queensland, Australia Elliptical object paced airliner, accelerated and sped away, photographs taken (UFOE II, Section III). June 5, 1965; Lynn/Nahant, Mass. UFOs over GE facility, nuclear connection. June 8-9, 1965; Turkey (BBU) At 11:45 p.m. local time, a radar site near Ankara
observed returns with some unusual characteristics.
The tracks were of extremely high speed and some of
the personnel at the radar site had seen the object as
it passed over Ankara. There were eight separate
tracks at intervals of approximately 1 hour. The
tracks appeared to originate near 90 degrees and
heading on a course of 230 degrees towards the radar
station. The returns were tracked at speeds up to 3000
mph. The type of radar used was an FPS-88. (McDonald)
June 29, 1965; Frankfurt, West Germany (BBU)
(McDonald list)
July 1, 1965; Valensole, France
Elliptical object with legs observed on ground, two small humanoids pointed pencil-like device at witness, paralyzing him. Strong physical trace evidence at site (UFOE II, Section, XII). July 3, 1965; Antarctica
(BBU)
UFO interfered with instruments measuring
magnetic fields. (UFOE II, Sections IV, VIII;
McDonald list)
July 6, 1965; Arlington, Texas (BBU) 10:30 p.m. CST. Two civilians saw a light in the sky to the north that started moving up and down and to the side in very swift movements. An object was painted on Fort Worth radar in the same general area and an F4C aircraft flew to the area but nothing was observed. The length of observation was 10-15 minutes.(McDonald list) July 6, 1965; Kiel, Wisc. (BBU 9474)
9:30 p.m. Mrs. E. R. Hayner saw a flashing light,
like a satellite. No further data in the files.
(Berliner)
July 8, 1965; Sunnyvale, CA. Police lieutenant and officer saw hovering white object that undulated, darted here and there, zigzagged, and sped away (UFOE II, Section, V). July 13, 1965; Findley, Bellefontaine, Ohio & into Pennsylvania (BBU) 7:05 p.m. According to the Steubenville Herald-Star of Tuesday, July 13, 1965, an unidentified flying object was spotted Monday, July 12, by thousands of persons over much of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland. Sometime around 7:05 p.m. local time, an object was reported hovering over Findlay, Ohio. This object was picked up on RADAR for a period of 24 minutes. The Bellefontaine, Ohio, Air Station had two objects on radar. Another or the same object was picked up on radar at Oakdale, Pennsylvania, and observed visually near Eastmont, Pa. This object was held on radar for about one hour. Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, sent up a jet plane to get a closer look at the object but could not reach the object reportedly hovering at 60,000 to 80,000 feet. (McDonald list) July 19, 1965; Vaucluse, N.S.W., Australia Domed disc with legs on beach, dogs barked loudly. Object took off with sound of rushing air, yellow-orange glow from underside (UFOE II, Section, IV). July 20, 1965; Chesterville, Ontario, Canada Domed object paced car, climbed out of sight (UFOE II, Section, XII). July 22, 1965; Forbes AFB, Kansas (BBU)
(McDonald list)
July 25, 1965; Castalia, Ohio (BBU 9550)
9:15 p.m. Amateur astronomer M. D. Harris, 16, saw a
bright blue star cross 90° of sky. (Berliner)July 25, 1965; Truax Field, Wisconsin At 9:30 p.m. local time, a target was picked on
an Army Air Defense Missile (ARADCOM Site C-72 site)
radar. The object was on a SW heading at 100,000
foot altitude and a speed of over 1000 knots. The
length of observation was 10 minutes. (Dan Wilson)
July 27, 1965; Carnarvan, W. Australia Bull Terrier reacted when an object hovered above car it was riding in. July 28, 1965; Carswell AFB, Texas At 9:40 p.m. local time, a USAF Reserve Major, with a Command Pilot rating and a top secret clearance, with his wife observed a manta ray shaped object fly almost directly overhead at below 1000 feet altitude. The object moved at a constant speed on the same course of 360 degrees. The object was approximately 40 feet long and had two brilliant white lights pulsating off and on once every second. At no time was there any sound. The object flew directly through the Carswell control zone at low altitude.The Major upon returning to his quarters called the control tower. The sighting was verified by three other persons on duty. The report was submitted because RAPCON could not identify aircraft in the area at the time of the sighting. The report goes on to state: "This sighting was a positive observation, under ideal circumstances, of a definite object of an unconventional nature--possibly of foreign origin, which could be a threat to national security." All the witnesses' names have been blacked out on the report. This is not usually done with military witnesses. (Dan Wilson) July 30, 1965; East Coast, United States At 9:00 a.m. local time, one or two objects were observed on ground radar. The motion of the target appears to rule out direct observation, as natural objects would not be able to change directions radically at the observed speeds. (Dan Wilson) July 31-September 3, 1965: Southwestern U.S. Sighting wave mostly in Southwestern U.S. and northward through the central tier of states, later in eastern U.S. (See separate chronology, UFOE II, Section, VIII.) July 31, 1965; Wynnewood, Oklahoma At 1:05 a.m. local time, Wynnewood police officer Lewis Sikes reported an unidentified flying object NE of Wynnewood. A little later simultaneous radar fixes were obtained at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City and Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas. Both Tinker AFB and Carswell AFB tracked the object to a point 15 miles SW of Tinker AFB when it disappeared. A few minutes later, it was tracked to a location 29 miles south of Tinker when it was lost again. (Dan Wilson) July 31 - Aug. 3, 1965; Unknown location,
Oklahoma (BBU)
(McDonald list)
Minuteman II
Operational in August 1965
The LGM-30F
Minuteman II featured many improvements. It had a
completely new Aerojet General SR19-AJ-1 second
stage motor, which increased range by about 1600
km (1000 miles). Its guidance unit used
solid-state circuitry, and could store up to eight
sets of target coordinates. The first LGM-30F
launch occurred in September 1964, and the first
missiles became operational in August 1965.
During the first days of August, 1965, major
portions of the American Midwest and west were
the scene of numerous sightings of mysterious
flying craft. The night of August 2-3, saw a
large number of sightings by a large number of
witnesses and Santa Ana, California, was the
setting the next morning for Rex Heflin's famous
Polaroid images of a dome-topped UFO zooming
across the highway.
Aug. 1, 1965; Ent AFB, Colo. (BBU)
(McDonald list)
Aug. 1, 1965; Tinker AFB, Oklahoma At 9:08 p.m., four objects, bluish-white with a red haze in color, the size of a pea held at arm's length, were observed visually from the Control Tower. The objects were first seen at 45 degrees elevation and at 190 degrees azimuth. All the objects appeared to be at approximately 22,000 feet. One object was moving south and one object was moving north at speeds of approximately 150 to 200 mph. Two of the objects did not appear to be moving. Information on these objects was furnished to the 746th AC&W Squadron, at the Oklahoma City AFS. They advised radar contact with one object at 10,000 feet in the vicinity of Norman, Oklahoma, located approximately 20 miles south of Tinker AFB. The length of observation was 1 1/2 hours. (Dan Wilson) Aug. 1, 1965; W. of Topeka, Kansas Night. During the night a TWA Aircraft (707) in
flight picked up 12-15 targets on Air-Intercept
Radar flying toward their aircraft in formation at
high speed on 50 mile scope. They changed to 20
mile scope and observed the objects approaching in
formation. The pilot, co-pilot, and engineer all
witnessed this cleary on the scope. Aircraft
passed the objects but did not see them visually.
All parties concerned are very reputable. They
asked that no names be used and that no publicity
be given this sighting. Case includes 2 films.
(Dan Wilson)
Aug. 1 and 2, 1965; Whiteman AFB, Missouri (BBU)
(McDonald list)
Aug. 2, 1965; Justin, Texas (BBU)
Two Tarrant County deputy sheriffs saw an object
as bright as burning magnesium, land as they
patrolled near Wagle Mountain Lake. Extensive
investigation by police found no traces.
(Vallée Magonia 667)
Aug. 2, 1965; Oklahoma City, Okla. (BBU)
Two children saw a brilliant, round object
without wings, close to the ground, in the 600 block
on Northwest 63. (Vallée Magonia 668)
Aug. 2, 1965; Sherman, TX Campbell NL photo. Aug. 2, 1965; Wichita, KS Beginning at 2:30 a.m. unidentified blips showed up on the Weather Bureau's radar screen at the Municipal Airport and continued intermittently until after 6 a.m. Most of the sightings were in the vicinity of Wellington, Kansas. The altitude of the blips ranged from about 5,000 feet to 20,000 feet. At least four Wellington citizens told of seeing colored glows in the southern Kansas sky during the early morning hours. (Dan Wilson. Source: The Hutchinson News, Kansas, August 2, 1965, Pg. 1) August 3, 1965
Denver Post editorial: "Maybe it's time for more
people to get serious about the UFO question. ...
If we still choose to be skeptical, we
nevertheless are not nearly so ready as we once
were to dismiss all reports of variously shaped
but elusive flying objects as products of
midsummer night dreams."Aug. 3, 1965; Santa Ana, Calif. Highway investigator Rex Heflin, three Polaroid photos of domed-disc UFO (UFOE II, Section, VII) Aug. 3, 1965; Cocoa, Florida (BBU)
(McDonald list)
Aug. 3, 1965; Lake Hefner, Okla. (BBU)
Young man saw an object rise from the lake area.
(Vallée Magonia 669)
Aug. 3, 1965; Tulsa, OK 14 year-old boy (Alan Smith) took photo. May or may not be a hoax. Date of photo in question (Aug 2 or 3rd). Aug. 4, 1965; Dallas, Texas (BBU)
1:30 a.m. Man in a car saw a red and blue light,
thought it came from a police car, then was passed
by a huge, orange object flying at ground level.
(Vallée Magonia 672)
August 4, 1965
Fort Worth Star Telegram (TX) editorial: "They can
stop kidding us now about there being no such
thing as 'flying saucers. . . .' Too many people
of obviously sound mind saw and reported them
independently. . . .... Their descriptions of what
they saw were too similar to one another, and too
unlike any familiar object"Aug. 4, 1965. Calumet AFS, Mich. (BBU)
USAF radar tracking of 10 targets in V-formation
traveling from the SW at about 9,000 mph over Lake
Superior at 5,200 to 17,000 ft (1-3 miles). Other
targets other Duluth chased by USAF jets. (UFOE II,
Section VII; Todd Lemire; UFOCAT)
August 4, 1965; Abilene, KS
E-M effects on truck, domed disc swooped overhead, hovered just above road, blocked highway (UFOE II, Section, VI). Aug. 4, 1965; Dallas, Texas (BBU 9675)
9:30 p.m. J. A. Carter, 19, saw a light fly fast,
straight and level. No further data in files.
(Berliner)
Aug. 4, 1965; Tinley Park, Illinois (BBU 9680)
11:35 p.m. 2 unnamed 14 year-olds saw a light
move around the sky. No further data in files.
(Berliner)
Aug. 5, 1965; Chicago, IL to Louisville, KY At 11:04 p.m. local time, two objects were picked up on ground radar at two radar sites at approximately 100,000 feet in altitude. The objects appeared and disappeared on scope with no apparent heading. There were no known air traffic in the area. The length of observation was 45 minutes. The manner of observation was search and height radar. The location of the observers was at Snow Mountain radar site 25 miles SW of Louisville, Ky., and Arlington Heights radar site 50 miles NW of Chicago, Il. According to one document, given the locations of where the objects were first sighted and where they lost shows that the objects moved 620 NM in 45 minutes. (Dan Wilson) Aug. 6, 1965
Cascade (ID) News editorial: "An objective
observer is about forced to the conclusion that
there are objects of some sort appearing in the
skies that cannot be explained by any conventional
circumstances. There is absolutely no reason to
deny the UFOs' existence because we don't
understand them."Aug. 8, 1965; Beaver, PA
Lucci Photo Aug. 10, 1965; Nashville, Indiana Two discs below clouds observed from aircraft. (Vol. II, UFOI, Hall) Aug. 10, 1965; Seattle, WA. Boeing aerospace engineer saw two silvery, disc-shaped objects that hovered for several minutes, departed upward at high speed one after the other (UFOE II, Section, IV). Aug. 10, 1965; Pacific Northwest
9:40 P.M. Fireball meteor traveling easterly across northeast sky. Aug. 10, 1965; Suffolf County, New York At around 8:50 p.m. local time, a large circular object with over 100 lights was observed at very low altitude in the vicinity of Riverhead, N.Y. by an airman. The object hovered for 5-10 minutes and then flew away towards Montauk. Around 9:15 p.m., at the Suffolk County AFB, a call came in of someone reporting a UFO in the vicinity of Southhampton. A request was made to divert a KC-97 aircraft (AG 506) to make a run on the UFO and try and identify it. This was done with the help of GCA Vectors. The pilot saw the object but was unable to identify it. (Dan Wilson) Aug. 11, 1965; Beaver, PA Dog "went crazy" at hovering disc. Aug. 11-12, 1965; Whiteman AFB, Missouri Multiple objects were seen visually from the ground by observers at building S-35 Base Operations and the control tower. In addition the objects were observed on the base AN/CPS 9 weather radar. Objects moved from north northeast to the south very fast and disappeared to the south. These objects were observed over a period of 4 - 5 hours. They appeared to be at angles estimated to be at 30 degrees to 60 degrees above the horizon. One witness observed a dull red object , oval in shape, at 5 to 10 degrees above the horizon.Some of the observers were 2nd Lt Lee F. Hudson and Staff Sgt Alton W. Badman, both of the of the 8th Weather Squadron. Other observers were control tower personnel. All the observers are considered to be reliable. One witness on duty in the control tower observed an object round in shape and appeared to be the size of a huge star. Object had a spotlight pointing directly toward the ground and another spotlight pointing to the southeast. The object was moving northeast at approx. 10 knots. This object was tracked on radar on both height and search presently measuring 5000 ft. altitude. (Dan Wilson) Aug.12, 1965; Springfield, Ohio (BB) At 11:15 a.m. EST, Major Jack D. Bond, sitting in a passenger seat of a T-29 aircraft observed an unidentified flying object. The aircraft was on a heading of 300 degrees and was descending from 4000 feet to 3000 feet at the time of the sighting. The object was ascending and descending and was slightly higher than the T-29. The object appeared to be 5 to 7 miles away and moving in a general direction of 90 degrees. The object's speed was highly erratic during the 3 ascents and 3 descents that the object made. On its third descent the object appeared to level off and accelerate away at a speed of 600 knots or more. Project Blue Book evaluated this sighting as a Mirage. (Dan Wilson) August 13, 1965
Portsmouth
(NH) Herald editorial: "Perhaps we really do have
visitors from
somewhere beyond our present ken."
Aug. 13, 1965; Baden, Penna. (BBU) 9:30 p.m. [zone ?] 37 year-old civilian had
just put his car in the garage when he saw an
disk-shaped object about 300 ft in diameter, fly in
front of the moon (which rose in the E about 9:30
p.m. EDT at 107° azimuth) on a N heading at
about 50 mph about 2,300 ft away, surrounded with
orange lights that weakened as a blue source came
on, very intense for about 3 secs. Then all lights
disappeared and a sort of "shock wave" effect
shaking tree leaves ensued. Witness entered his
house and called the USAF, 20 mins later his vision
became hazy, eyes painful, gradually losing vision
in both eyes, and his entire body was "sunburned."
Medical exam compared symptoms to UV exposure.
Vision came back gradually over several days.
(Vallée Magonia 677)
Aug. 16, 1965
Christian Science Monitor editorial: "[UFOs]
sighted early this month over Texas may give
scientists something to think about for a long
time. . . . They give the clearest evidence of all
that something strange actually was in the sky.
... It makes the clearest case yet for a thorough
look at the saucer mystery."Aug. 18, 1965; Noblesville, IN
Top-shaped object with dome, body lights, hovered over car. E-M case. Aug. 18, 1965; Cherry Creek, New York Bull tried to escape as football-shaped object hovered. Aug. 19, 1965; Cherry Creek, New York (9806) 8:20-9 p.m. (EDT). Mrs. William Butcher, son
Harold, 17, and children [3 students?], heard
radio interference and beeping sound in a barn,
went outside to see 50 ft wide saucer like two
plates lip-to-lip [elliptical?], 20 ft thick,
shiny silver or chrome color with red glowing
streamers [reddish vapor underneath?] and leaving
a red-yellow trail, which landed nearby then
rapidly ascended into the clouds turning the
clouds bright green a few seconds later; burned
gasoline odor; farm animals reacted and later
reduced milk production. Object returned twice at
8:45 and 9 p.m. finally disappearing to SSW [or
SW?]. Radio drowned out by static, a tractor
engine stopped. Next day, a purplish liquid, 2 ft
x 2 ft marks and patches of singed grass were
found at the site by USAF Capt. James Dorsey and 4
technicians from Niagara Falls AFB. Apparent radar
evidence discovered. (UFOE II, Section I;
Berliner; cf. Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 170-2;
Vallée Magonia 675, 684; Dan Wilson)
Aug. 19, 1965; Lockport, New York Between 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. local time, a momentary target was picked up by an AN/FPS-6 Long Range Height Finder Radar of the 763rd Radar Squadron at Lockport AFS New York. The target was sighted near the upper limit of the radar. This system had a maximum range of 200 nautical miles and a height-finding capacity of 75,000 feet within an angle limit of minus 2 to plus 32 degrees. (Dan Wilson) Aug. 20, 1965; Plattsburgh, New York (BBU) At approximately 5:26 p.m. local time, a round, flat, disc-shaped object of 15-20 feet in diameter was observed in the sky. The object was circling back and forth in 1/2 mile radius circles with high speed turns. The object was bright metallic colored and was approximately 2-3 miles away from the observer who watched the object with artillery binoculars. The object showed a high rate of acceleration and disappeared to the east after approximately 3 minutes. A sighting was made on the GCA Radar at Plattsburgh AFB at about 5:30 p.m. A phenomena of isolated, high intensity jamming was noted. (Dan Wilson, McDonald list)
Aug. 20, 1965; Pease AFB, New Hampshire At about11:30 p.m. EDT, the Watch Supervisor RAPCON tracked a UFO on a CPN-18 Radar from a position approximately seven miles NW of Pease AFB, to a position approximately two miles NW of Pease. The speed of the object was slow, sporadic at times. The Control Tower had visual contact with the object. The object was observed for about 30 minutes. (Dan Wilson) August 21, 1965
Science editor, Christian Science Monitor:
"Flying saucers are all but literally knocking
on the laboratory door. . . . Something
definitely is going on that cannot yet be
explained."Aug. 28, 1965; Glasgow AFB, Montana (BBU)
(McDonald list)
Aug. 30, 1965; Urbana, Ohio (BBU 9864)
10:30 p.m. M. A. Lilly, N. Smith and T.
Nastoff, saw a white ball, 5-8 ft in diameter and
trailed by a 2-3 ft light, hit the road 100 ft in
front of the witnesses' car, then bounce and fly
away. (Berliner)
Aug. 31, 1965; Tonopah & Winnemucca, Nevada (BBU) At 9:30 p.m. local time, a green and red
colored, oblong object was seen in the
sky that made stops and starts and made right
hand climbs described as movements not compatible
with aircraft targets. This visual sightings was
observed by more that 15 ground observers
located at Fallon NAS, Nevada. At Tonopah,
Nevada, radar tracked the object at 15,000
feet at a distance of 150 miles at 340 degrees.
Ground radar from Winnemucca AFS, Nevada, placed
the object at 15,000 ft. An observation was
also made by a pilot of an F-102 aircraft. Total length
of observation was 3 hours and 15
minutes. (Dan Wilson)
(McDonald list)
Sept. 3, 1965; 3 miles SW of Exeter, New Hampshire (BBU 9890) 1-3 a.m. (EDT). Exeter Patrolmen Eugene
Bertrand, Jr. and David Hunt, and Norman
Muscarello saw a large silent, dark, elliptical
object with a row of 5 bright red lights oriented
about 60° to horizontal, move slowly and
erratically around houses and trees at 100 ft
height to SE [or 60-70 ft height 100 ft away],
lighting up the ground and houses in red light,
while lights blinked in sequence; falling leaf
motion. Farm animals very noisy. Disappeared at
160° magnetic after covering about 135°
arc [from NNE?]. (Berliner; cf. Hynek UFO Rpt pp.
154-166; UFOE II, Section V)
Sept. 3, 1965; Damon, Texas (BBU 9915) 11 p.m. Brazoria County Chief Sheriff's
Deputies Billy McCoy and Robert Goode saw a
triangular object, 150-200 ft long, 40-50 ft thick
at middle and dark grey, with a long, bright,
pulsing, purple [violet?] light on the right side
and a long blue light on the left side, approach
to 150 ft off highway and 100 ft in the air.
Purple light illuminated ground beneath object and
interior of police car, and object cast a shadow
in moonlight. Driver Goode felt heat on his left
arm and an alligator bite on his left index
finger, suddenly relieved of pain and later healed
rapidly but unnaturally. They drove away in fear
but returned later that night to find object still
there. (UFOE II, Section I; Berliner; cf.
Vallée Magonia 694)
Sept.14, 1965; Langenhoe, Essex, UK
Domed disc descended, humming sound, blue light. Motorbike engine failed, witness paralyzed, shock, static electricity (UFOE II, Section, IV). Sept. 16, 1965; Pretoria, South Africa Constables in police van encountered domed disc on highway, object lifted off emitting flame; tar and gravel road severely damaged (UFOE II, Section, V). Sept. 22, 1965; Clover, Minn. (BBU)
(McDonald list)
Sept. 25, 1965; Chisholm, Minn. (BBU 9970)
9:55 a.m. Bett Diamon saw 5 orange lights in a
row fly fast and make an abrupt turn. (Berliner)
Sept. 25, 1965; Rodeo, New Mexico (BBU 9971)
10 p.m. Dr. George Walton, physical chemist, and
wife, saw 2 round white objects fly side-by-side, at
30-50 ft altitude, pacing the witnesses' car.
(Berliner)
Sept. 26, 1965; Licking County, Ohio (BBU) At around 10:45 p.m. a Deputy Sheriff observed a white circular object in the SW sky. The object travelled in an arc from SW to NW. The Control Tower at Lockbourne AFB was notified about the object. The Tower called the aircraft commander of a C-47 and ask him to investigate the object. The pilot was unable to identify the object as an aircraft. No navigation lights could be seen on the object. The Tower observed the object with 7X50 binoculars. The object was travelling at a high rate of speed. The Detroit Air Defense Sector at Custer AFS, Michigan, observed an object on radar. (McDonald list; Dan Wilson) Sept. 27, 1965; Columbus, OH. At 5:15 P.M., scientist saw metallic-appearing, cigar-shaped object that changed course (UFOE II, Section, IV).
Memo from Maj. Gen. E. B. LeBailly, USAF director
of information, to USAF Scientific Advisory Board
requesting a scientific panel to review the
methods and findings of Project Blue Book.
LeBailly noted: "Many of the reports that cannot
be explained have come from intelligent and
technically well-qualified individuals whose
integrity cannot be doubted."
Sept. 29, 1965; Swanlake, New York (BBU)
Oct. 4, 1965; West Middletown to Poast Town, Ohio
(BBU 10066)
6:45 p.m. Mrs. Helen Tucker and 3 teenage girls
driving in a car turned S onto Brown's Run Road and
saw a bright, flashing red and white object, at one
point with sparks shooting off. As they drove W to
Poast Town, the object stopped flashing and appeared
steady red and white (and possibly bluish) and began
moving fast (to the SW?) toward the airport, then it
landed past Carmody Blvd. on the river bank but
before reaching the airport, where it looked like a
Christmas tree (lights?), a winged fuselage
object with a possible cockpit dome, then lifted off
like a helicopter and looked like (red?) "hot
metal." (Case data missing.) (Berliner; Middletown
Journal, Oct. 5, 1965)
Oct. 7, 1965; Edwards AFB, Calif. (BBU) Ground radar tracked 12 objects and USAF F-106
pilot sighted object(s). (UFOE II, Section II;
Weinstein; McDonald list)
Oct. 14, 1965; Sawyer AFB, Mich. (BBU)
(McDonald list)
Oct. 23, 1965; 4 miles from Long Prairie, Minn.
(BBU)
7:15 p.m. Radio announcer James F. Townsend
driving W on State Hwy 27 found road blocked by
landed silver rocket-shaped object about 30-40 ft
tall, 10 ft wide, after his car engine, lights and
radio died, and he coasted to a stop about 20 ft
away. He got out and saw three small brownish-black
"creatures" with "tripod arms and matchstick legs,"
no eyes or facial features, emerge from behind the
object, stand underneath in an intense lighted
circle, and stare at each other for 3 mins then they
returned to the object. A few secs later it lifted
off and vanished by turning off its lighting about
1/4 mile up. At that moment the car restarted
spontaneously and headlights came on. No traces
found on the ground. (Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 206-8;
Vallée Magonia 71)
Massive power blackout in northeastern United States
at about 5:25 P.M. (EST). Some reports of UFOs
coincided, with resulting speculation about a
possible relationship (section VII).
Nov. 12, 1965; Undisclosed city in Argentina UFO caused compass on ship to swing off course. Dec. 20, 1965; Herman, MN Domed disc, E-M effects on engine and headlights, truck spun off road into ditch. Object ascended with whistling sound, sparks from underside (UFOE II, Section, VII). |