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This is a two-section unclassified Air Force message sent on 5 August 1965 by the 2854th Air Base Group at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, to Wright-Patterson AFB, USAF and other recipients under AFR 200-2. It reports four bluish-white objects that a control tower supervisor watched through binoculars for about 1.5 hours on 2 August 1965. The 746th squadron made radar contact with one object near Norman. The message notes many sightings across the Oklahoma City area and gives weather balloons and/or known aircraft as the preliminary cause.
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AP IN: 50143 (5 Aug 65) PAGE 2 RUNTABA2022 UNCLAS (4) NUMBER = 4 OBJECTS. (5) FORMATION - NONE; APPEARED TO BE AT SAME ALTITUDE. (6) DISCERIBLE FEATURES OR DETAILS - NONE EXCEPT FOR COLOR. (7) TAIL, TRAIL, OR EXHAUST - NONE. (8) SOUND - NONE. (9) OTHER PERTINENT OR UNUSUAL FEATURES - NONE EXCEPT FOR COLOR. 8. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECTS(S): (1) WHAT FIRST CALLED ATTENTION OF OBSERVED TO OBJECT? ANOTHER WITNESS. ANTARCS (2) ANGLE OR ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH OF OBJECT - 45 DEGREES ELEVATION, 190 DEGREES AZIMUTH. (3) ANGLE OR ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH OF OBJECT UPON DISAPPEARANCE - QUIT LOOKING DUE TO PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES. (4) DESCRIPTION OF FLIGHT PATH AND MANEUVERS OF OBJECT ALL OBJECTS APPEARED TO BE AT APPROXIMATELY 22,000 FT. TWO OF OBJECTS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE MOVING; 1 OBJECT WAS MOVING SOUTH AND 1 WAS MOVING NORTH AT SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 200 MPH.
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