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  The 1965 UFO Chronology

The Rex Heflin photographs in panorama

Aug. 3, 1965; Santa Ana, Calif.

Map of sightings for 1965, courtesy of Larry Hatch's "U" Database

This year encompasses more recognized incidents in one group than any other year I am aware of, other than 1952. To name a few: The  May 6 Philippine Sea radar case, the July 3  E-M case at Antarctica, the Aug. 3 Santa Ana/Rex Heflin photo incident, 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, and the famous Edwards AFB encounter of Oct. 7. All this followed by the Northeast Power Grid Failure of November 9th. Our thanks for these chronologies must go to our documentation team: Richard Hall (the original chronology from UFOE II), Rebecca Wise (Project Blue Book Archive), Dan Wilson (archive researcher), Brad Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns), and Jean Waskiewicz (online NICAP DBase). This chrono also documents the 1965 flap near Virginia.


Fran Ridge

The unredacted versions of the January Blue Book docs showing many of the cases are linked here:


Early in January, 1965; ??? Vermont
Dusk. State Pathologist Dr. Richard Woodruff and a Vermont State trooper saw three orange objects cross the sky in succession. They were also seen by four persons living in Randolph.4

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, M. Dempsey Bruton, head of the Wallops Island (Virginia) tracking station, 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. 8, 1965; Georgetown, South Carolina (BB)
9:00 p.m. EST. A civilian observed two lighted objects approaching from SE over the ocean between Georgetown and Charleston. The objects were at an estimated altitude of 2-3 miles. The objects made an "U" turn and then went back out to sea. The objects' speed was estimated as faster than jets. There was no sound. Objects apparently caused TV interference. (Dan Wilson, Project Blue Book files)

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
4:20 p.m. At least 12 persons, including six Army Signal Corps communications system specialists observed 12-15 white ovals maneuvering erratically across the sky, with jets seen in pursuit apparently from Andrews AFB. Among the witnesses were Messrs. Paul M. Dickey, Jr. and Edward Shad. The Defense Department denied the incident. The witnesses have publicly maintained their story. (Section II).

Jan. 12, 1965: Blaine AFB, Wash. (BBU)

1:00 a.m. 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. 12, 1965; Wallops Island, Virginia
6:30 p.m., a bright yellow object was seen for two minutes by Mr. and Mrs. Milliner, NASA public relations employees, on Wallops Island, Virginia.


Jan. 14, 1965; Thaxton, Virginia (BB)
4:30 p.m. EST. McManaway while watching a B-52 high in the sky saw a cigar-shaped object larger than the B-52. The object was heading east at an estimated 2,000 mph. (Dan Wilson, BB files)

Jan. 14, 1965; Wilmot, NH
Cat. 3. Luminous object hovering, humming sound, electricity resumed when object sped away.

Jan. 14, 1965; Staunton, Virginia
4:45 p.m. An object was seen over Staunton by Carl Billings and Jody Smith.

Jan. 14, 1965; Dooms, Virginia
6:00 p.m. A stationary light was seen over Dooms by seven students and a bus driver.

Jan. 14, 1965; ???, Virginia
12:00 p.m. Mr. James Myers, saw a circular object rise from the ground.

Jan. 15, 1965: Between Wilmot and Enfield, N.H. (BB)
At 10 p.m. a former Manchester newsman, Mr. Charles Knee, Jr., was driving on Route 4-A when the radio suddenly stopped, the lights on the car went out and the engine quit. He lost control of the car and pulled to the side of the road and then heard a loud humming sound like a high frequency electrical whine. He then opened the car door and stepped out. He looked up and saw a very bright light below the cloud cover at around 2,000 to 5,000 feet altitude which looked about the size of a flashlight held at arm's length pointed toward his face. It seemed to hover for a moment and then it took off to the south traveling very fast. As the light left and the whine died away the car's lights and radio came on and the motor started. The whole thing lasted about 15 or 20 seconds. (Dan Wilson, BB files)

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, Virginia
5:40 p.m. An industrial worker observed two circular flying objects hovering at low altitude over an archery range. The smaller object (diameter 20 feet) landed 15 to 18 yards from the witness. Three beings about three feet tall emerged, uttered unintelligible noises, and returned to the object, which then took off.(Section XII).

Jan. 20, 1965; Long Beach, Mississippi (BB)
9:40 a.m. CST. A silver like object was seen moving west,  traveling slow and high and passed directly above Burke St. observer. The object was transparent as if made of glass or plastic. It seemed to have two people aboard, one in front and the other seemed to be sitting facing the back of' the capsule holding something large like a camera. The length of observation was not reported. (Dan Wilson)

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. 22 (4th ?), 1965; Baltimore, Maryland (BB)
5:25 p.m. EST. A 10 year-old boy and 4 adults observed an egg-shaped object that went way up in the sky. The object suddenly dove down and disappeared far beyond the observers. [Two different dates are given for this sighting. Form 164 gave January 4th while the letter gave January 22nd] (Dan Wilson, Blue Book files).

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. 24, 1965; Richmond, Virginia
A radio newsman and his wife saw an orange ball of light streak across the sky and "blink out" over Richmond.5

Jan. 24, 1965; Salem, Virginia
Five college students reported that an oval object kept pace with their car on a darkened highway near Salem. The object, at an altitude of about 400 feet, was observed to have three yellow lights and one green.

Jan. 24, 1965; Verona, Virginia
A couple reported seeing a bright yellow light that hovered overhead for about five minutes before heading for Staunton.

Jan 25, 1965, Marion, Virginia
A policeman and several other witnesses observed an object which took off from a wooded area on a hill. Traces were allegedly found.

Jan. 25, 1965, Fredericksburg, Virginia
The same night, approximately twenty minutes after observation No. 20, nine persons saw a top-shaped object emitting sparks which moved up the Rappahannock Valley at a low altitude.

Jan. 25th, 3 mi N. of Bedford, Virginia (BB)
10:55 a.m. A person saw an aluminum-colored object of large dimensions fly slowly westward. Five minutes later, two persons at Moneta (10 miles southwest of Bedford) saw a bright cigar flying south to north.

Jan. 25, Washington, D.C.
12:45 p.m. five Stoddert School students in Glover Park, near Washington D.C. saw an object resembling 'an airplane without wings'. First described as silver in color, it became luminous and changed from orange to red, then green.

Jan. 26, 1965; Brands Flat, Virginia
Nightfall. Seven young people were driving (see observation No. 14) when they allegedly spotted a strange looking individual of small height. They pursued him, and two others that appeared, to a wooded area where all sight of beings was lost. Police investigators explored the area but could find no trace of the supposed 'creatures'. Later one of the witnesses and a photographer resumed the search and said they found an aluminum-colored object, when the photographer received a mysterious blow on the head. The two men fled the scene after an attempt to photograph the object. This photo was reportedly "confiscated" by Government agents who are also said to have "silenced" the witness.

Jan. 26, 1965; Marion, Virginia
Evening. The Marion police received numerous telephone calls concerning a stationary object described by Rev. Preston H. Robinson as circular and showing several lights. It flew away at high speed.

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. 28, 1965; Alaska (BBU)
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)   

Jan. 30, 1965; Newport News, Virginia (BB)
8:35 p.m. EST. Five high school students observed a triangular shaped object, size compared to silver dollar held at arm's length. The object was first observed at an angle of 45 degrees and an azimuth of 330 degrees at an estimated 3/4-mile away. The object made a descent to the south and then turned northwest. The object had a white light at the apex of the triangle with an orange light on the left base and a white light on the right base. The length of the observation was 20 minutes (Dan Wilson)

Feb. 1, 1965; Tallahassee, Florida (BB)
7:30 p.m. CST. A a grayish purple or bluish object, round on bottom with a saucer domed top the size of a grapefruit held at arm's length, accompanied by faint humming sound with a speed of an estimated 100-200 mph, was seen by 32 to 40 people. The object gave off a phosphorescence. Twelve to fifteen people called the local radio station to report the object. According to the Dept. of the Air Force Incoming Message, the manner of observation was ground visual and air visual tracking west to east and was observed for 4 minutes. The time given in the AFR 200-2 report was 02/0030Z or 7:30 p.m. It was reported that the object was seen by an Eastern Airlines flight over Daytona Beach on the Atlantic Coast and by an airport tower operator at Jacksonville. Later news bulletins were sent out on radio and television that Air Force investigators were in the area and desired to interview all individuals who could furnish information about the UFO. On February 10, Air Force investigators interviewed one witness who described the object as a classic "flying saucer." His testimony appeared to be sincere and reliable. One person estimated the size of the object as 50 feet in diameter. By the time the information was entered on the RECORD CARD the DATE-TIME was given as 02/0130Z and the length of the observation was given as a few seconds. The Project Blue Book evaluation for this sighting is Astro [Meteor]. (Dan Wilson, BB files)

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] (Brad Sparks)

March 3, 1965; Point au Fer Reef, Louisiana (BB)
10:21 p.m. CST Personnel at the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Point au Fer Reef observed a ball of light hovering over water about 1000 feet above the surface. It then hovered in one spot east of the station then moved back again. When the object departed it headed in a southwest direction at a great rate of speed. It was stated that the object was not a helicopter. The length of the observation was six minutes. (Dan Wilson, Blue Book files)

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
Bt. 1-2 AM. 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 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)

April 27, 1965; McClellan AFB, California (BB)
7:37 p.m. PST. Capt. Garth W. Skouson, Pilot, and SSGT James H. Perkins, Flight Engineer, while flying a EC-121D aircraft at 15,000 feet on a course of 132 degrees at 170 knots at approximately 240 miles WSW of Los Angeles (33 degrees 2 min. N 122 degrees 30 min. W) observed a blue-white round object the same size as a star move across the horizon in a straight line too swiftly for any known aircraft. The object was first seen at 30 degrees above the horizon and 30 degrees left of nose. The object was last seen at 15 degrees above the horizon 60 degrees left of nose. It suddenly disappeared after brightening slightly. The length of observation was 4 minutes. (Blue Book files)

May 6, 1965; Philippine Sea (BBU)



July 3, 1965; Antarctica (BBU)
UFO interfered with instruments measuring magnetic fields. (UFOE II, Sections IV, VIII; McDonald list)

July 4, 1965; Massillon, Ohio (BB)
8:40 a.m. EST. A woman named (Fogel?) observed a silver-white circular object in flight from NW to SE at an estimated 1/2 mile or less away. The object which was sharply outlined against a vivid blue sky at a low altitude looked like two plain hubcaps placed back to back. The speed of the object was estimated at 200-300 mph. It disappeared by changing course and flying straight up. The length of the observation was given as approximately one minute. (Dan Wilson, Blue Book files)

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 22, 1965; Forbes AFB, Kansas (BBU)
8:00 a.m. CST.  Maj. William W. Cory and Maj. Joseph M. McQuaid observed a silver, elongated object that was flat looking as if looking at the side of a dime. The object was approximately 7 degrees above the horizon at approximately 90 degrees azimuth and apparently stationary. No weather balloons or aircraft were reported in the area. The object was in sight for approximately 5 minutes until it became obscured by cloud. (McDonald list)

July 25, 1965; Castalia, Ohio (BBU 9550)

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
7:40 p.m. 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.)

Aug. 1, 1965; Ent AFB, Colorado (BBU)

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

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; 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)

Aug. 2, 1965; Sherman, TX
3:00 a.m.  Broadcasting stations, police, and other agencies had been flooded with reports for hours. Shortly after midnight a local TV news photographer, Robert Campbell, heard on his radio two police highway patrols discuss reports of an UFO tracked on radar and streaking towards the Texas border. The photographer took his 4x5 Speed Graphic camera and drove into town, where he met the Chief of Police. Together the two men searched for the object, and soon sighted it hanging stationary thirteen miles east of Sherman, on Highway 82.  The object's shape was an object with "Mercury capsule" shape at one end, possibly rounded at other end. Several distinct bands around diameter of cylinder, with disc shaped "bosses" on surface. Bands of luminosity. An extrusion of luminosity from one band, and an ejection of an unknown material accompanied the object.  He took four exposures, two minutes each at three-minute intervals. The negatives have been carefully examined by Air Force scientific advisers and by astronomical experts. No acceptable explanation has been found for the object recorded on the negatives. (Mark Cashman)

Aug. 3, 1965; Lake Hefner, Okla. (BBU)

Young man saw an object rise from the lake area. (Vallée Magonia 669)

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)

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. 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. 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 / Lockport, New York (BBU 9806)
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. (See incident below)

Aug. 19, 1965; Cherry Creek, New York (9806)

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, 


Aug. 31, 1965; Tonopah & Winnemucca, Nevada (BBU)

Sept. 3, 1965; Exeter, New Hampshire (BBU 9890)
1:30 A.M. While hitchhiking home in the early hours, teenager Norman Muscarello was terrorized by a large object with four or five bright red lights that approached from nearby woods and hovered over a field near the road. Horses spooked. He went to the Exeter police station, pale and shaken, and reported the incident. Officer Eugene Bertrand drove him back to the field to investigate. About an hour earlier Bertrand had come across a woman parked on Route 101. "She was real upset," he said, "and told me that a red glowing object had chased her" When he was called to investigate Muscarello's report, the earlier incident caused him to pay attention. At first Bertrand and Muscarello saw nothing, but when Bertrand flashed a light around the field, a huge dark object with red flashing lights rose up over the trees, moving back and forth, tilted, and came toward them.

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).

1:50 p.m. CST. The observer saw a steel gray sphere approximately four in diameter that came out of the sky and landed about 75 yards away. The object then rose silently and steeply and disappeared into the clouds. The length of the observation was approximately 12 minutes. (McDonald list, Dan Wilson)

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. 27, 1965; Columbus, OH.
At 5:15 P.M., scientist saw metallic-appearing, cigar-shaped object that changed course (UFOE II, Section, IV).

Sept. 29, 1965; Swanlake, New York (BBU)

(McDonald list)

Oct. 1965; Lake Norman, NC
Light plane encounters three UFOs over McGuire Nuclear Power Station.

Oct. 2, 1965; Salem, Massachusetts (BB)
8:20 a.m. EDT. James Centorino was riding his bicycle and observed a cigar-shaped object that was apparently hovering approximately 15 feet above the three smoke stacks of the N.E. Power Station. The object had a white light on both ends and a slight hump towards the rear and was approximately 20-30 feet long. He was facing ESE while viewing the object. James rode to within 500 feet of the power plant to investigate. At this time the object rose up approximately 100 feet and moved off to the SSW as the lights went out on the object. That evening the Coast Guard and Salem police had received telephone calls reporting a strange object hovering over the power plant. (Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: INTERPLANETARY VISITORS, page 91-93)


Oct. 4, 1965; West Middletown to Poast Town, Ohio (BBU 10066)

Ground radar tracked 12 objects and USAF F-106 pilot sighted object(s). (UFOE II, Section II; Weinstein; McDonald list)

7:50 p.m. EST The pilot, Capt. Dewaine P. Jensen, and co-pilot of a KC-135 tanker observed a sharply outlined colored light in the western sky on top of an overcast. At first the light was white and then it turned red and brilliant red when it accelerated away. The object had the ability to accelerate rapidly but at first it appeared stationary. Thinking that the light might be a Cessna 172 aircraft reported to be lost in the area, the KC-135 was give permission to descend to 13,000 feet and investigate. The KC-135 seemed to be closing on the light. At that time the light appeared to climb and accelerate away. The effort to identify the object was discontinued as the light continued to accelerate and climb away on a SW course. The KC-135 crew stated that the performance of the sighted object far surpassed that of any aircraft known to the crew. The sighting lasted for approximately 5-10 minutes. (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).

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