PROJECT BLUE BOOK

-. 2. LOCATION “ a. 6
 “«? May 65 08/00302 : Oxford, Michigan

3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian UNIDENTIFIED
No apparent solution, Additional data requested on form 16),
Six

1, DATE,~TIME GROUP

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Not returned, Sufficient Informtion available for tenatdve

evaluation. ;
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1/11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS :
oiO-Miautes OAS Wn) Shiny object resembling a Satellite observed overhead throug
6X30 Binoculars. No noise. Looked to be a great heignt.

Ce Bright object then separated into two objects and the one
Grouni-Visual (BX)

separating was copperish or reddish color. Shortly after
7. counse that several more cb jects cam from the shiny object, smalle
in size. A fourth object was observed farther away. Appearpe
Stationary Prob,
8. PHOTOS

to be above the others, The large object and red tinged
object remained togather ami faded while the smaller objec
disappeared ard faded gradually. Red object looked like it
was tambling. Clud cover came and covered area, Only the
tw cbjects were visible to the naked eye, the four smaller
ones could only be observed through BX,

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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O Yes
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FORM |
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) previous editions of thie form may be used.

UFO Report
This is a report on the Marlin Marshall case sof Oxford, Michigan, the

sighting of 7 May 65.
I called Mr QB on November 29th, slightly a bit late after the

7th of May. Mr QR conducted a very intelligent conversation over the
telephone, was circumspect in his answers and well above average in intelli-
gence and articulateness. He owns a 42-acre farm but does not farm it since he
is a supervisor at the Pontiac Motor Works. He is trymsforming his farm into a
sort of wildlife refuse. I am sending him a Form 164 because he and his son are
going out to re-enact the crime at their earliest opportunity. We want to get
the actual tragectory of the bright light before the son called his father's

attention ta it. @he son is twelve years old.

The son, daughter, and father were out birdwatching, coming back from
a walk through their woods. Mr. Q(B had a pair of 6 x 30 binoculars in his
hand and when his son said "Look at that bright light up there. It looks like a
headlight."* It was virtually overhead, so the father lay down on the ground and
looked directly up at the light with his binoculars. It was then fairly station-
ary, because he said he didn’t have to move his hinoculars very much to keep the
object in view. Yet, the son seems to indicate that the object had moved from
about 40° zenith distance up to the zenith in a matter of less than a minute
having come in fram the west southwest, making a half-circle to practically
west, and back to overhead.

I began by asking whether he had had any further thoughts about his
sighting and he said that yes, he thought he had solved it, because not too ~
long after the sighting he read in the Pontiac paper that they had been firing
multiple-spring released satellites from rockets from Vandenburg and he thought

he had witnessed such a separation of the altogether five objects that he saw.

However, this is out of tha qzestion, since neither Vandenburg nor Kennedy

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UFO Report -@M oxford, Michigan, 7 May 65
launched half stage separations over the United States. Furthermore, the object
was stationary, or virtually so. The son had said, only a few minutes before
it was still broad daylight. The light, however, was very much brighter than a
star and the boy said it did not twinkle. One finger held in an outstretched
arm's length would have covered all the objects. The duration of the sighting
was of the order of one minute. He had just sent his son into the house for
stronger binoculars when the object began to fade and was obscured by clouds.
It could be that the fading was caused by the gradual cloud cover. He said at
one point: "It seemed almost out of reality as far as I was concerned." Later:
"I thought deeply about what I was seeing, as to whether or not I was miscon-
struing my own perceptions." When he watched through the 6 x 30 binoculars he
witnessed the actual separation of a copper~colored fainter object from the
bright light. Then, later, fram the bright object he saw what he thought was
the ejection of three smaller objects, and then a fourth which he discerned con-
siderably further out. Both children could see the two objects, but they could
not see the smaller objects with their naked eyes. The copper—colored .object
had the motion of tumbling - like a maple seed when it falls to the earth -
except that in this case the object didnft fall. It actually seemed to go up.
The bronze-colored object separated from the bright light very shortly after he
first picked up the light in the binoculars.

We will await receipt of his <Form 164.

: 8 TH eat BRIA

SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MICHIGAN

aten en: iWCTO 14 May 1965

suBJecT: UFO Report, Civilian

to: Air Force Systems Command
Foreign Technology Division
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

4. Attached is a letter from Mr. QUE, and a copy

of our reply, regarding Unidentified Object sighted May 7, near
Oxford, Michigan.

2. Im accordance with AFR 200-2, 12b, we forward this correspondence
to your office for further handling.

FOR THE COMMANDER

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ROBERT E. NEELY ~ eee ee
Captain, USAF LS aca ATES se

Chief, Information Division. Cy, lst Ftr Wg rply

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vote tee - 6 5/9/65

Dear sir:

7

At approximately 7:39 to 7:40 P.M. on Friday the 7th day of May, 19455
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the following took pla

iy 12 year old son, my 9 year old daughter and I,had just neared our
home after'an evening walk through our woods, I had a pair of 6 X 30
binoculars in hand. ky son noted that sometiitng was moving in the sky
and called my attention to same. He pointed out the shiny object direct
overhead and I focused my field glasses on same and nade the statement
that it must be a sputnik type vehicle as it looked to be at great heish
and no notor noises co.ild be heard,

Since it was uncomfortable to look directly overhead I layed on my
back in the field and studied the object. The. bright shiny object becam
two objects, the latter of which was copper or red tinced in coloration.
L exclaimed that it looked like a rocket had just kicked it's booster
however there was little or no movement seen after about a minute durati

Shortly thereafter the bright shiny object gave off three other shiny bu
smaller objects which were arranged thus looking from below:

A 4th shiny object was observed further out into space and further
above the rest. All 6 objects started fading very gradually but the lar
Shiny object and the red tinged object stayed in proximity to each other

while the other four strung out and gradually faded

The red tinged object locked like it was tumbling or had the motion
not unlike that of a maple seed when it falls to earth except that the
ooject went away from earth. |

I removed the glasses from my eyes to tell my fon to go after the
§& X 50 binoculars and when I tried to find the objetts again I could not
Shortly thereafter a scanty cloud cover of Cumulus flouds came from the

WNW and covered the veneral area.

Visibility was unlimited prior to the clouds, sky was bright with
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wnly the moon visible but no stars, there was no Sin was

Delow the horizon.

OXFORD, MICHIGAN
7 MAY 1965

_ At approximately 1930 to 1940 on 7 May 1965, three observers noticed a
shiny object directly overhead. One witness started looking at the object
with 6 x 30 binoculars and decided that it must be a Sputnik type vehicle
Since it looked to be quite high and no noise could be heard. The bright
shiny object became two objects, the latter of which was copper or red tinged
in color. Shortly thereafter, the bright shiny object gave off three other
shiny but smaller objects.

A fourth shiny object was observed further out into space and further
above the rest. All six objects started fading very gradually but the large
shiny object and the red tinged object stayed in proximity to each other while

the other four strung out and gradually faded. The red tinged object looked
like it was tumbling or had the motion not unlike that of a maple seed when

it falls to earth except that the object went away from earth.

The observer removed the glasses from his eyes to tell son to go after
the 8 x 50 binoculars he had. Observer tried to find the objects again but
to no avail. The objects were visible for approximately one minute. After
the objects disappeared a scanty cloud cover came from the WNW and covered

the general area.

COMMENTS

The observer thought he had seen multiple-spring released satellites
from rockets from Vandenburg; however, neither Vandenburg nor Kennedy launch
half stage separations over the United States. Furthermore, the observer

stated that the object was stationary, or virtually so. The description of the
objects tends to rule out astronomical bodies. From the available data a

definite explanation is not possible. This case is carried as unidentified
by the Air Force.