302545893.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  3 Nov - 8 Dec 1965 04/0035Z | Sturgis, Michigan  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Astro (VENUS) ☑  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  5 minutes | Object was first seen illuminated with a green and carmine light but has been seen with only the green light. The top of the object was lighted with an intense greenish light similar to the light of a mercury arc lamp. The area lighted was about thirty five percent of the total area. The bottom of the …

ASTRO (VENUS)
3 NDV - ODEC. 1965
04/00353
STURGIS NICHOLAN

TDEW/UFO DEC 28 1965
UFO Sighting

Hq USAF SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt)

We have received a report from [redacted] and Mr and Mrs [redacted], concerning an object which has been observed many times since 3 November. Request that you inform the witness that the planet VENUS has been in the reported position of this object for the past month. Suggest that you inform them that the appearance of astronomical bodies are frequently distorted by atmospheric conditions such as inversions or haze.

FOR THE COMMANDER

ERIC T de JONCKHEERE, Colonel, USAF
…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
4627TH SUPPORT SQUADRON, SAGE (ADC)
CUSTER AIR FORCE STATION
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN 49016

8 December 1965

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: 4627PPS

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object

TO: AFSC(FTD)
Wright-Patterson AFB,
Ohio, 45433

1. Description of the Object:
a. Circular in shape.
b. Approximately one-hundred feet in diameter.
c. The object was first seen illuminated with a green and carmine light but recently has been seen with only the green light.
d. There was one object only.
e. The top of the object was lighted with an intense greenish light similar to the light of a me…

3. Manner of Observation:
a. Ground-visual.
b. The object was first viewed with a pair of 10x50 binoculars. It has recently been viewed with a ten power Bausch and Lomb telescope and a pair of 6x40 binoculars.

4. Time and Date of Sighting:
a. The first sighting was at 0035-0040 zulu on 4 November 1965. It has been sighted approximately a dozen times since then between the hours of 2230 and 0100 zulu.
b. Light conditions-night.

5. Location of Observer:
a. The object was sighted from the observer's residence, six miles west of Sturgis, Michigan on the northeast shore of Klinger Lake.

6. Ident…

Mr. [redacted] stated that this object was like nothing he has ever seen and he could not determine what it possibly could have been. He did mention that this object seemed to rotate on an axis. He has been unable to take photographs of this object.

Kenneth F. Wick II

KENNETH F. WICK II, 2nd Lt, USAF
Special Services Officer