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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  4 August 65 05/0500Z | Clovis, California  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Satellite (DECAY) ☑  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Description, duration, direction of flight and all visual characteristics of a reentry present.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  20 - 30 Seconds | Object appeared to be solid. Initial appearance as a light. Changed from green flickering sparks to a red disc. Looked like a fourth of July sparker. Disappeared by fading. Flight from below the big dippe…

4 Aug 5/65002
CLOVIS, CHIEF

FYD (TDEW)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
3 September 1965

Dr J Allen Hynek
Deerborn Observatory
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Dear Allen,

Reference the attached UFO report from on his sighting of 4 August 1965. A check with SPADAIS revealed no satellite decays during the time mentioned. Request your evaluation.

Sincerely,

HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Major, USAF
Chief, Project Blue Book
1 Atch
a/s

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Clovis, California
93612

Department of Defense
Office of Public Information
Washington 25, D.C.

U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet

When did you see the object? 4 August 1965

Time of day: About 10:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time.

Where were you when you saw the object? 2504 Lind Avenue, Clovis, California
Additional remarks: Standing in front yard.

Estimate how long you saw the object. I'm fairly certain it was about 20-30 Seconds.

What was the condition of the sky? No trace of daylight.

What did you notice about the stars…

Where were you located when you saw the object? Outdoors, in the residential
section of the city.

What direction were you looking when you first saw the object? Northeast.

What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? Northeast.

What were the weather conditions at the time? Clear, cool, dry, no wind.

When did you report to some official that you had seen the object? I didn't.

Was anyone with you at the time you saw the object? No, but there have been
several sightings around the valley, and an official at the Fresno Air
Terminal also sighted something.

Was this the first …

CASSIOPEIA

URS A MAJOR

Reason for sighting: Recently I became more interested in astronomy than usual. As I was sta gaging I managed to notice a white round object below the constellation Ursa Major. As I followed it it disappeared behind the street light glare. When it reappeared it traveled for a little then it suddenly became brighter. Then below this I saw the object with green, white and red sparks as marked in that order.

green sparks
white sparks
red sparks

A - when I first saw it

B last saw it above skyline.

IMAGINE I WAS A THIS POINT SITOW

The man at the airport said
the arc was too steep for a
jet or plane.

Clovis, California
93612

Dear Sirs:

This has not been the first sighting recently in the valley (San Joaquin Valley). Just the day before this sighting there was an UFO over Merced, Calif. My sighting was also reported on the news the next morning has I was told by a friend. He said the newsman said that a man at the Fresno Air Terminal Tower also saw the same object. The man at the airport said that it was not an arc that a plane or jet would make.

Yours Sincerely,