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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) (5) HOW DID OBJECT DISAPPEAR? - HAD NOT DISAPPEARED AT PAGE 3 RUNTABA2022 UNCLAS LAST LOOK. (6) HOW LONG OBJECT VISIBILE - 1 1/2 HOURS. C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: (1) CONTROL TOWER TO AIR VISIBILITY. (2) OPTICAL AIDS - BINOCULARS, 7 X 50 POWER, MARK 28, BAUSCH AND LOMB MANUFACTURE. (3) SIGHTING DID NOT OCCUR WHILE AIR-BORNE. D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: (1) FIRST OBSERVED 08:30 ZULU HOURS, 2 AUG 1965; LAST OBSERVED 04:00Z, 2 AUG 1965. (2) LIGHT CONDITIONS - NIGHT. E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER(S): LATITUDE 35 DEG, 23 MIN - 88 SEC NORTH; LONGITUDE 97 DEGREE 22 MIN - 54 SEC WEST. F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER(S): (1) CIVILIAN - NOT APPLICABLE. (2) MILITARY - TSGT JOHN R. LANG, AF 13289448, 34 YEARS OF AGE, MATCH SUPERVISOR, TINKER AFB CONTROL TOWER, 3 RD MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
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