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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: 50158 (5 Aug 65) PAGE 2 RUNTABA2023 UNCLAS K. POSITION TITLE AND COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: CHIEF, SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, 2854TH AIR BASE GROUP. COMMENTS: NUMEROUS SIGHTINGS OF THESE 4 OBJECTS WERE REPORTED FROM THE FOLLOWING CITIES IN OKLAHOMA CITY AREA: NORMAN, PURCELL, CUSHING, CHICKASHA, LINDSAY, CHANDLER, MEEKER, AND SHAWNEE. MOST REPORTED THE OBJECTS AS BEING A LIGHT CHANGING FROM BLUE, WHITE, AND RED COLOR. ONE REPORT FROM SHAWNEE WAS THAT THE OBJECTS WERE FLYING IN A DIAMOND FORMATION. MOST REPORTS WERE THAT THE OBJECTS HAD NO DEFINITE FLIGHT PATTERN AND CHANGED COURSES ERRATICALLY. THE LAST INFORMATION RECEIVED ON THESE OBJECTS WAS AT 87332 HOURS, 2 AUG 1965, AT WHICH TIME ONE OF THE OBJECTS WAS REPORTED SIGHTED OVER EDMOND, OKLA. AT APPROXIMATELY 1,888 FT. ALTITUDE AND APPEARED TO BE THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL HELD AT ARM'S LENGTH. THE OBJECT DISAPPEARED OUT OF SIGHT STRAIGHT UP. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE CAUSE OF SIGHTINGS AT THIS TIME IS WEATHER BALLOONS AND/OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA. 1. EXISTENCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE - NONE. 2. FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE SUBMITTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH PO 2 0F 3
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