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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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10,000 FT. 350 DEGREES 20 KNOTS PLUS OR MINUS 5 DEG C 16,000 FT. 810 DEGREES 15 KNOTS MINUS 5 DEG C 20,000 FT. 830 DEGREES 10 KNOTS MINUS 15 DEG C PAGE 5 RUNTABA2022 UNCLAS 30,000 FT. 340 DEGREES 25 KNOTS MINUS 37 DEG C 50,000 FT. 310 DEGREES 40 KNOTS MINUS 63 DEG C (3) CEILING DURING ENTIRE PERIOD - CLEAR. (4) VISIBILITY DURING ENTIRE PERIOD - 11 MILES. (5) AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVERAGE - NONE. (6) NO THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA DURING ENTIRE PERIOD OF TIME. (7) VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WAS MINUS 2 DEG C PER 1,000 FT., SURFACE TO 40,000 FT; NO CHANGE AFTER THAT DURING THIS TIME. (8) NO UNUSUAL METEOROLOGICAL ACTIVITIES DURING THAT TIME. 1. INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN - INFORMATION FURNISHED TO 746TH ACAN SQ, OKLAHOMA CITY AIR FORCE STATION. THEY ADVISED RADAR CONTACT WITH 1 OBJECT AT 18,000 FT. IN VICINITY OF NORMAN, OKLA. LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 20 MI.
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