302540054.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  12 July 1965 12/1930Z | Taiwan  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military | SATELLITES  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Description and flight indicates Satellite sightings.  |
|  Three |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  2 - 5 Minutes | Three round objects resembling stars, brighter than normal in flight at high speed.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual  |
|  7. COURSE | North, South, East  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |

FORM FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE)…

4300 12 500

TDEW

UFO Sightings, 4 Jul and 12 Jul 1965

19 AUG 1965

6967th Security Group
APO San Francisco, Calif 96360

1. The objects observed by personnel on the night of 4 July 1965 have been evaluated by analyst personnel at FTD as possible aircraft sightings (objects 1, 3 and 4). Object number 2 is believed to be a balloon.

2. Objects observed on the night of 12 July 1965 are regarded as earth orbiting satellites. Motion of fluctuation in speed, including stopping, can be attributed to an optical illusion as the satellite appears to pass near stars or planets. In addition, atmospheri…

(6). Five minutes each at three different time-intervals.
See specific times notated on attached map.

c. Manner of Observation:
(1). Ground-visual.
(2). None used.
(3). Not applicable.

d. Time and Date of sightings:
(1). 12/1930Z July 65 (Ref. Atch.).
(2). Night.

e. Location of Observers: See map attachment.

f. Identifying information on observers:
(1) reliable witness.
(2) witness.
(3) liable witness.
(4) witness.
(5) reliable witness.

g. Weather and Winds Aloft:
(1). Clear, no winds, stars visible, full moon.
(2). Winds:
(a). Surface: Southeast at 10-kts.

123527/19366

HEADQUARTERS
6987TH SECURITY GROUP (USAFSS)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
APO SAN FRANCISCO 96360

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: OPR-MC

SUBJECT: UFO Sighting

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

1. In accordance with AFR 200-2, the following report is submitted concerning a UFO sighting by five persons at this station on 13 July 1965; these sightings have been consolidated in this report, with one map attachment, as follows:

a. Description of the Objects:

(1). Round- resembled star.
(2). Pea held at arms' length.
(3). White.
(4). Three (3).
(5). Individual sightings- no formation.…

(b). 6,000': 130 at 20 kts.
(c). 10,000': 110 at 20 kts.
(d). 16,000': 100 at 18 kts.
(e). 20,000': 090 at 10 kts.
(f). 30,000': 070 at 16 kts.
(g). 50,000': 070 at 40 kts.
(h). 80,000': 080 at 40 kts.

(3). Ceiling: 32,000 scattered.
(4). Visibility: 6-miles and haze.
(5). Cloud cover amount unknown.
(6). Thunderstorms: None in area.
(7). Vertical Temp. Gradient: Temperature inversion 3 to 4000 feet, slight, 4-deg. Centigrade.

h. None reported.
i. None.
j. None reported.

k. Reporting officer Capt. Edward W. Phillips, AO-3087479, this organization, Operations Division. No preliminary analysi…

6897th Scty Gp (OPR-MC)
APO San Francisco 96360

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

AFSC (FTD)
Wright-Patterson AFB,
Ohio 45433

E W (40)

FOR OUTER USE ONLY
USAFSS FORM 18, OCT 63

AIR MAIL

OVER HORIZON

0330 LOCAL

OBJECT 1
30° AZ.

Location of
Observers
123° 25° 0345 L.
2-5 MIN. OE

TAIWAN
0420 L.
OBJ. 3
120° 20°

FORMOSA
STRAIT

120° 20°

OVER HORIZON

OKINAWA
0345 L.
MIN. OBSERVATIONS