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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.
“The Wash”1 page
AP IN: 50158 (5 Aug 65) Q/jek AOTION: MIN-7 INFO: XOP1, XOPX-8, SAFOS-3, DIA-1 (21) SM8 C281 PTTU JAZ RUNTABA2623 2172129-UUUUU-- ZNR UUUJU P 2 172 122 ZEX FM 2854 AB GP TINKER AFB OKLA TO RUNMFVAENT AFB COLO RUNTFLA/29 AIR DIV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO RUCIFDA/WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEBHQA/USAF WASH DC RUEBHQA/SAF WASH DC BT UNCLAS 85294 5 AUG 1965. FINAL SECTION OF 2. FOR: WRIGHT-PATTERON AFB (FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV); USAF (AFCIN); SAF (SAF01). SUBJ: REPORTING OF UFOS. WEATHER BALLOON AT 85152 HOURS, 2 AUG 1969. WEATHER BALLOONS WOULD HAVE TRAVELED SOUTH, CHANGING AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES TO SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FROM THE POINT OF RELEASE. FAA AND WILL ROGERS FIELD REPORTED NO AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. TINKER AFB FLIGHT OPERATIONS REPORTED 5 AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE AREA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD; HOWEVER, NONE OF THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED ANY UNUSUAL SIGHTINGS. RuCbHQA.
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