302537373.pdf

|  1. DATE & TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  25-26 January 65 26/OM15Z | Bolar, Virginia  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | GROUND LIGHTS  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One or More |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  20 Minutes | Round reddish orange or glowing light believed to be about 270 yds away. Following night the object or light appeared again in same locations. Watched light for at least 20 minutes. Light was about 8 inches in diameter. Would disappear for 2-3 seconds and reappear. Either on the ground or a few feet…

25-26
Gleason 137-3
FEB 14

February 3, 1965

Commanding General
Wright-Paterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Sir,

On advisement of Mr. J. S. Whitlock, Postal Inspector of Staunton Virginia, I am giving you the following information.

On January 25, 1965 around 11:15 P.M. we saw a round reddish-orange, glowing object or light, approximately 270 yards from the Bolar, Virginia Post Office. Then again on January 26, 1965 around 10:45 P.M. the object or light appeared again at the same place. Both my husband and I watched it for at least twenty minutes. It looked to be about eight inches in …

Recently from newspapers and television we have learned that an unidentified object had been sighted in different sections of Virginia, and due to these reports, pranks have been played by teenagers and also adults. I can truthfully say the lighted object we saw was not faked and I do not consider it a laughing matter. The small village of Bolar is located on a narrow strip of land between mountains. We have checked and re-checked and are certain there is nothing in our area that would make the kind of light we saw.

I am Postmaster here at Bolar and I hesitated before reporting this subject t…

Mrs Postmaster
Bolar, Virginia 24.414

TO: TDEW
Commanding General
Wright-Palerson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio