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4500TH AIR BASE WING
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
LANGLEY AIR FORCE DASE, VIRGINIA 23355

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(6) Discernible features: None,
(7) Tail: See (5) above.
(8) Sound: None.

». Description of course of objects:

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(1) he observer's attention was Fitat called tea
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(5) The flight path appeared to be straicht and

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MOurN to north, Another large dime size ob ject peared
the original and shoot ahead. ‘This occurred in the split

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(4) The objects disappeared Lastantly ; they moved across
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(5) The objects appeared and disappeaccd within two to thr:
secont nd were observed throughout this time. “7 ea ‘
: Manner of observation:
(t{) Ground-visual.
(2) No optical aids were u Tr
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(1) O08 (9313 local) 1 January 1965
(2) Light c itions: Night. 17
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-. Location or server: ‘The observer was standing besides a
berc: behind Wimpy's Henburger Stand in the 4200 block of Granby Street,
Nore , Virginia.
£. Observer idenzi ptLion:
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(3) Mailing A vess;: aaa Virginia.
(4) Patrolman, Norfolk Police Department.
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(3) Ceiling: Clear.

(4) Visibility: Unlimited.

(5) Cloud Cover: None.

(5) Thunderstorms: None.

(7) Vertical Temperature Gradient: An inversion was reported
between 1500 feet and 1850 feet. The following temperatures were re-
ported by the Fleet Weather Facility:

900 feet: #2,1°C

1600 feet: +0.5°C

1850 fect:  +3.6°C
5000 feet: +0,3°C
7500 feet: -3,.0°C

10000 feet: -5,0°C

ese temperatures were taken by the Norfolk Weather Bureau at 1200 Zulu
(0790 local) 1 January 1365.

h. A check was made by the Oceana Naval Air Station Public Inforcma-
tion Office of all local tadar sites in the Norfolk area. No unusual
activity was reported. The Navy Norfolk Weather Service reported the
only metorological condition which might account for the sighting. This
condition was the inversion described in g(7) above.

i. No interception action was taken due to a one-day time Lag
before the observer reported his sighting to the Navy.
|. The FAA Norfolk Approach Control reported that there was ov
raltic under their control from 0600 to 100 Zulu on 1 January 1965.

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k. This report was prepared by First Lieutenant Robert RP. Doc kum,
USAF, “502 Air Base Wing (DOO-K), Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The
description of this FO sighting was given by Patrolman Bulebush to
Lieutenant Dockum during a personal interview on & January 1965. No
other ccports of a similar sighting were found. A possible cause of the
reported objects is ground lights reflecting off the weathec inversion.
This possibllity was contirmed by the duty forecasters at the Nocfolk Fleet
Weather Facility, the Langley Base Weather Facility, the Patuxent River
Naval Weather Facility, and the Norfolk Weather Bureau.

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1. No physical evidence was reported to exist.

2. ‘The observer was prompted to report his sighting after the local
news announced the Patuxent River Naval Air Station radar tracking of
two UFOs on 29 December. The Patuxent River Public Information Officer
stated ciat these December sightings were currently under investigation
by Major Quintanilla, USAF, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

POR THE COMMANDER

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