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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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AF ID: 50143 (5 Aug 65) PO 4 OF 6 GROUP. G. WEATER AND WINDS PAGE 4 RUNTABA2022 UNCLAS (1) OBSERVER'S ACCOUNT OF CONDITIONS - CLEAR WEATHER AT TIME OF SIGHTING. (2) REPORT OF NEAREST US WEATHER BUREAU OFFICE: (A) WEATHER AT TIME OF FIRST SIGHTING, 8238Z, 2 AUG 1965: (A) WEATHER AT TIME OF FIRST SIGHTING, B230Z, 2 AUG ALTITUDE WIND DIRECTION SPEED TEMPERATURE SURFACE 100 DEGREES 4 KNOTS PLUS 83 DEG C 6,000 FT. 360 DEGREES 18 KNOTS PLUS 14 DEG C 18,000 FT. 350 DEGREES 15 KNOTS PLUS 5 DEG C 16,000 FT. 340 DEGREES 20 KNOTS MINUS 4 DEG C 20,000 FT. 340 DEGREES 20 KNOTS MINUS 14 DEG C 30,000 FT. 330 DEGREES 20 KNOTS MINUS 37 DEG C 50,000 FT. 330 DEGREES 30 KNOTS MINUS 61 DEG C (B) WEATHER CONDITIONS AT LAST SIGHTING, B400Z, 2 AUG 1965: ALTITUDE WIND DIRECTION SPEED TEMPERATURE SURFACE 230 DEGREES 3 KNOTS PLUS 74 DEG C 6,000 FT. 810 DEGREES 5 KNOTS PLUS 15 DEG C
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