PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. DATE - fiME GROUP

3 August 65 03/014,02
3. SOURCE

2. LOCATION Posies
Cocca, Florida

10. CONCLUSION

LIGITS/INVERSION EFFECTS Ghee =
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Local investigators regard the lights as reflections from the
Five Objects inversion in the area, ,

5. LENGTH OF OB8SERVATION (11. BRIE* SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Civilian
4, NUMBER OF OBJECTS

15 Mimtes Four police officers observed five lights, orange or white o

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION tix green at various tims, Round four in diamori shaps an
one off to side. No trail. Possible hiss to cojects.
Attation attracted by report to police demrtmmt that th
7. COURSE were flying saucers in the area. All objects cverread and
2 ee slichtly to the South. WX included inversbon in area and hiz
Stationary thin stratus clouwis. lights moved around in same area,

8. PHOTOS

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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE .

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UFO report Aug 4 1965 Cocoa
Operator: --Mr Edward Schild?
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Hello, Mr. Moore. .This is Professor Hynek at Northwestern Univer-

Sity in Evanston, Illinois,

Yes, sir

I'm consultant for the Air Force on the matter of Unidentified Fly-
ing Gpjects, And it has been a long while since we have been |

through these reports, but the report originally made frop the

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I see

We are still trying to track down -=- around the 4th of August
there were an awful lot of sightings all over the country

Yes, sir, I understand that,

We are still tryins

to pin down what some of these were. A great

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puzzling, and the one that you and Nxesx Mr Schilde

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schild, is it? That's right, And Mr, Ivy and Mr Scott reported,
I'm not sure they were the same-thing, either, But you and Schild
were together, ! believe, And Ivy and Scott. were,

M:. That's right.

H: It's @ very puzzling thing, I wonder if you wouldn't mind to gab

a bit -- I would like to ask a few questions,

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has asked me to work with them on these things as an astronomer.
Is this on tape?
No, not on tape, This is for my own information and for the Air
Force, The report I have here is identifying information and
observers names with Mauxrs Edward Schildg, Charles Moore, James
Ivy and 8B G Scott. These four men are all officers of the Cocoa
F lorida
/Police Department and may be contacted at the Police Repaxrtxgzat
Headquarters Building uma@-.225 Willard Avenue, Cocoa Florida,
It's changed -- 300 Brunson Boulevard

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Now, then let me begin by asking if you have had any thoughts on
this subject since -- it's been a number of months now -- is it
still puzzling, or do you have a fair idea of what it was you saw?
Oh, yes, in my mind I can still see it, It was my first experi@nce
I can think back wkk right now and I know definitely what we ob-
served -- at least what I observed -- was fascinating to me and
it'll stay xk with me the rest of my life, And it was the first
time for me, I've heard stories and read, and so forth, some of
them, but I never went overboard, You know? ‘Till that particu-
lar night,
Well, you're the kind of observer I like to talk to because I
don't like to talk to people who are firm believers in flying
saucers, & or something like that, But we get -- and I've been
now more than
consultant/for the Air Force mam for/fifteen years because this
stuff all started way back, you know, just before 1950, And most
of the things that we get we can explain very easily as balloons

or stars or this and that, But there are each year a number ot

cases that are really puzzling, and yours is certainly one of them,

So, in other words, you still don‘t know what it might have Seen
that you saw, Is that right ?

No, but I am almost 100 per cent sure that it wasn't a balhoon or

anything that the Air Force is and

other sightings they might say, Well, I seen a picture one time

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of a test flight of xkextxxax¥ammg a Boeing aircraft, Behind it

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was == when the pez picture was developed -- it looked like a

passed it
flying saucer, and they EBaxz (?) off to be a flaw in the emulsion (7,
on the paper, and i said "Well, OK. To me it looks like a flying
saucer == the picture itself." But the Air Force likes to pass it
off as being a balloon, or reflection or light, or something like
that, Well, that's all well and good, but -=- well -6 I haven't
even given it a second thought, For the first two or three weeks
we were questioned’ about it, We had local people asking us about
it, and so on and so on, And after that, well, I said, they can
pass it off as auxzkxng to whatever it is tnat they want it to be,
but we know wnat we did see,

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that's

the Air Force, I an not the one wamxxsexresponsible for what they

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tnat's about PAGHt, In this diamond formation, Aknen it Seen one

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M: (continued) in flight and it cast like an orange light ®8 it was
moving And it took a fixed position in the sky, And then I went
down to where Ed was standing and we looked through binoculars,

A man and his wife <= they
had binoculars, I looked at the diamond formation through the
>inoculars and they told me if you watched it closely you would see

* move, One moved out xk of the formation, and then it cane pack.
‘again, We watched that for a loro while. Then i said that maybe
the one that moved was the one that I saw in flight and then it
came back, And so we just kept watching and watching and then at
12 o'clock we had to pick up our relief and

He What was the night Like? Was it clear?

Mz Oh, yes, it was very clear,

H: And how did these objects differ, Were they brighter, fainter,

axxwkex? different color, or what?

Ms: Well the light -- looking through the darkness -- it cast orf

like a gleam, white, and orange white —~

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they like green and white
“is Did you look at the sky also?

Mg Oh, yes, to compere,

s To compare = exactly what I want, - How did they compare? Sie

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Me Like a group of stars (?) the same white, tT kept looking/ and
than L switched back to the formation. And the formation was

different - casting off. these lights, you know, Then I looked

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3 sets more interesting all the time. Lets go back to when you

trst - how did you first sight the thing?

Ms OK, now. J was out on a call. it was appgoximately ll: 25,
wren sandwiches were served, and I came back to the car. If
heard Ed say that ne was in contact with € 320 on tne radio in

the car, When I got to the car 1 heard the radio and i said
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"Ed, what have you got?" He said:ks yaa & Quy WANXARAXS tying:

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saucer, And with that looked up, yourknow uncoRSseEtouMy ?

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and I said: “Hey, Ed, I see it. too!" You know - I was scared

and I had the mike in my hand, looking up and watching this thing

fly -- moving like crazy-

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was tacing east,

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a street light and that blocked my view, Then I x&waxaukxan drove out
% of Cambridge Drive, and i drove on Picks Boulevardia, -« I still
faced east, ZxsxidxXSxwpyxkdx and I atried to spot it again, If
locked up = and said."Look, Ed, it's standing still."
H: [low much of an are had it moved through? How much of the sky -

how low down in the sky was it when you first sav it’

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stars, you know, and everything else in the sky moving,
enough in the sky tor me ==

H: You mean, you didn't have to look very far up, then?

Ms No. No. And that fascinated me.

iM: And you saw it coming toward you then?

M: Well, it was going - I was travelling east, and it was going »ack
toward the west, It was like going over my head, <M And then

tT followed it and then it got @ behind a street light and I got

like past the street light and I gaukdxsa@ couldn't see it any

come gov
more, And then I gak around and xem wp on Picks Boulevard -- 5
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also facing east, And then I got out of Picks Boulevard and 1
stood there - mike in my hand - and i'm looking up end I told ed ;
Ste took a fixed position - the guy's Standing still, "*  %&m

"Some on down here,” he said, "I'll snow you something -- 9

a diamond formation." And I looked up and said; “Where ~-
Then he said: “Well, come on down" he said, “i'm down nere witn i
a binoculars." And I said, "Well, ok." And I shot down Indian

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River Drive and Dicks Boulevard and
binoculars. And I looked up, and even without the binoculars you

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HEADQUARTERS

AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITEO STATES AIR FORCE
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA 32925

REPLY TO

attnor: ETWE/Lt Wenzel/494-4131 |
; 18 August 1965 |

susect: Report of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)

ro: FTD (TDEW-UFO)
Wright-Patterson AFB
Ohio 45433

1; Identifying Information on Observers:

anes: SDE: Gees: GU 21

b. All four men are officers of the Cocoa, Florida
Police Department and may be contacted at the police head-
quarters building, 225 Willard Avenue, Cocoa, Florida.

2. Description of the Objects:

a. Shape: Round.

b. Size: Approximately the size of a pea held in the
hand at arm's length.

c. Color: Orange, or white, or green at various times
throughout the period of observation.

d. Number: Five (5).,

e. Formation: Four (4) objects in a diamond-shaped con-
figuration, with one (1) object located to the west of the
diamond.

f. Any discernible features or details: None.

e. Tail, trail, or exhaust: None.

h. Sound: Possible hiss.

o Pertinent or unusual features: Nore

Description of Course of Objects:

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a. Observers‘ attention was attracted to the objects by
a report to the Cocoa, Florida Police Department that there
were "flying saucers" in the sky.

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back," xaaxix And I saia: “Well, I wonder if it is tne one I
see in gk flight. °

Hs When you saw the stationary one, can you be sure it was tne same
thing you sew moving? ;

is Yeah -= it was the same reflection of light.

> t sec, Kwas different from a star.

we Oh, definitely.

Hs O.K. Now, thés diamond formation - you said it was nearly over

head. How far from overhead was it? Was it to the north, to th

south, or --

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Mz: Yeah - I had to lean back/with the binoculars and loo

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to keep it steady, you know, And it was casting off those lights
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lights. The stars stayed white.

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Let me ask you this: If you had held your hand outstretched, if

so

you could have held it - excuse me just a second - sorry, there

was an interruption - someone said there was another phone call

but I!1l get that later.

Ms I'm getting hoarse, f got myself a strep xheaugh threat cominc
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Ms Yeah, I am. I'll wax take a oouple of aspirins.

H: Yeah, This is very interesting. There are a couple of otner
very manoh
little points that I would like/to know. The size of this

diamond formation, I was just about. 4 to gh say that if you held
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your hands = you know - stretched your arm out and oper/ your hand,

would your thumb alone have covered the diamond formation?

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than a thumb?

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ue JO. K, kan That's sood to know. Now, were all the lights in the

diamond formation the same brightness, or were some brighter’?
M: No, they were about the same. 4
H: About the same, yes. And the light that seemed to move from it

sia how many times the size of the diamond formation did it get

the or
away? About/one diamond,/two diamonds?

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that had
was off in the west/taken 2 fixed position that I had seen
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Norehwest, And about how far up from the horizon - half-way,

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Me I[hree-quarters of the way,
Hs Threé-quarters, So it was pretty nigh.

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H: Yes, I see Then this £ning th A c
Ms Yean,
was a star, fi:in your own mind, how did that light differ from a

Mig It seems to me that a star stays bright and makes xxkxkkk¥uz twinkles
just a little bit
you knowf But that object was casting off the different lights.

greenish tint, and then the orange, And then it would go back to
white again like, and then it would go green, then back to white,

and then orange. You know

H: And there were stars near that were not doinoe that?
Ms That's richt,

He And how much brichter waxexxchexexrxpkxe than the brightest stars

“waxe@ around it were ? ‘Iould you say twice as bxrky
bright, nearly as bright, much brichter, or what?

; When it was white, I think it was a little bright,

4: A little briohter than a star, Yes, ine diamond formation sels

didn't move?

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kept trying to see, And then he said he would come on at 12:00
o'clock and pick up the guys to go to work, see, Amd then 1
gaid: ."“O.K.”

» And then dksxyou looked up at the sky a few nights after that

Ms JI did, Just trying to see if t could spt that diamond formation,
you know, And I couldn't do it,
fs You couldn't, Viell, that was very, very interesting... And fi

don't know what it was either, fet me see mk if there are a ££ ow

other things <<

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‘4; Would you like to talk to Charles?
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H: Yes, that might be very interesting.

as And this is Mr /
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Me Of Northwestern University, You say where?

- Eyanston, Illinois - that’s near Chicago
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4: OK, Mr Hynek. I'm going to see if I can contact Ed for you
Drofessor
Nz Hey, Ed. Come here a minute, This is Rx Hynek of Northwestern

University. He would like to xMBwKAtxysaxwseis talk to you about

Officer
E; Professor... (Introduced himself) 2% Schilds (?)
H: I had better explain what I am about here. I'm a professor of

astronomy, but the Air Force occasionally calls me in 4s an

astronomer to consult with them on some of the odd sightings that
are reported, Around the 4th of August We had quite a few, irom
your area and especially from the west, in Texas and in Oklahoma,

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You may have heard of them, 41 4m slowly working through some

the3eases and trying to come to some conclusion as to what the

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interests me very, very much, because I can't exactly kxykxee ficure

out that they were stars, This diamond formation that you saw

-=- how did it differ from the stars in the genera] area,
S: Well, you could see that it was lower, I mean = it stood out

like something that would be a mile high as opposed to something
say
thet was/20 miles high. You could sée that it wss definitely
lower and that it wasn't a star, The color was different, the

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wntness = it was erighter, much orighnéer, You could see it
wasn't ge star, There were many, many, many stars in the sky.
H: This is a point that I am very mucn interested in getting down

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because I know the Air Force will sawy say: “Well, it was stars

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they saw," And I want to be able to say - well, how do you
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explain this then, you know, Il asked the same thing of Charlée

Moore = if you held your thumb straight out in front of you as

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far as you can anc naa neld this up over the aiamond formation =-

would the thumb have mums covered the thing, or not quite, or --
S: Oh, no. I would saw the thumb might cover two of them, You kaow,

one directly above the other, But the others would be - you would

have to face your thumb in the other direction (H: I get you)

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is You've given me something new that I didn't get from Mr Moore.

The impression that they were lower down than the sky, so to speak,

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light seemed to change, it mean it would get brighter, then a

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Yes, that's right
I see, What was the kkn condition of the sky? Were there are
clouds at all?
No, Sirs, it was very clear,
Very clear, yes. Compared to the brichtest star -- there were some
bericht stars at that season =- the star Arturus |
whicn is in the northwest which is a very bright thing ana there's

in the northeast -=- did you make a comparson
of colors with the stars at that time?
Yes, sir, I'd say that these appeared to be as bright as any in the
sky, may be even a little btighter,
OK ago on = he cut in on us,
Nx Moore said somethina about having seen a light travelling across
the sky. Did you see any motion any place?
Yes, I did,
But not the diamond formation?
Yes, one from the diamond formation - left the diamond formation,
Was it the fifth one?
No, it was the fourth one, It was the one that - you see, the
diamond shapyve would be the long points of the diamond were
facing toward the west (iH: I see) And the short points were

facing north and south. And the most westerly lights» of the

diamond left the diamond and went out to the western section of .

our to where the

giz town here, Quite a distance xXxamxxkre one that Mr Moore saw,
1) see. there were five in the sky. But there were only four
Ou sec, C ere were 1 -_ .

in the diamond shane, And the most westerly one in tne diamond

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of speed, it looked like just a flash, And it stayed out there :

next to this other one for oh, maybe, thirty seconds or So, and

then it came back and resumed its position in the diamond,

H: I'nibe dammdy damned, This is important: How many degrees per
Second did it go, that is how fast did it travel? Faster than a
jet, for instance?

St 8 Oh, yes, sir. i1t dooked to me like a meteor . It was a streak,
But then, it stopped, and it stayed out there, and then st@aked
back,

M3; Good heavens, Then you could watch it as it streaked? x

S: Yes, £ was looking through binoculars,

Hs; As it approached the west, did it stop abruptly Jaia it slow down,

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S: No, it slowed down,

H; It slowed down, and then stopped,

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would be in the field of vision would be three or four feet as far

as the field of vision was concerned, if you understand what I mean,
H: No, I'm not quite sure, You were looking through binoculars (S:

Yes, sir) And it went so fast that you couldn't follow it with

binoculars (Naxxsixxx

ot No, .sira, I had to pick it up again, and as I picked it up it
was slowing down, and then it stopped. (HL I see) And then I

kept lookino at it and it was fairly close to these other objects
and then it came back and resumed its position,
Hz Did it get as close to the other & objects as it was to th
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b. The objects were "directly overhead and slightly
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c. The objects were in approximately the same position
when observation was terminated.

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Fa ee ta saw Object 1 move west at a "high rate of
speed" and then return to its original position. sam
Gee saw Object 2 move to Object 1, and then return to its
Original position in the diamond.

e. The objects were observed for 15 minutes. It is not
known when, or if the objects disappeared, because the objects
were still visible when the observers departed.

4. Manner of Observation:
a. The objects were observed visually from the
b. Binoculars were used by both Officer Qa

No difference between using the naked eye and using binoculars,
except for magnification.

5. Time and Date of Sighting:
a. 0440 - 0455Z, 4 Aug 1965.

b. Lighting conditions: Absolute darkness on ground in
area of observers; sky was clear and many stars observable.

6. Location of Observers:

Mg, acne initially observed the objects while ina
police p vehicle on Cambridge Dr., Cocoa, Fla. He then
joined Edward Schild at a location approximately 50 feet from
the Indian River, near the northeast city limits cf Cocoa,
Fla. At this location both men observed the objects.

7. Weather Conditions: The following information was obtained
from the Federal Aeronautics Administration at Melbourne, Fla.
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it was still there,

It was still there.

Yes, six. I had to go to the station at 12:00, I picked.it up at
11:30 = got a call on it, and when I came into the station at

12:00 it was still there,

Dic wou ever investigate the people who called in?

Yes, sir. I spoke to them since then and Ix had spoken to them
before that about other things, of course,

What sort of people are they, if I may ssk?

Well, it's difficult to say. I would say that the husband - he's a
barber - I don't think he would be really a dependable person

but hi’ wife I think would be

Well, OK, I get the message It is very difficult to find people
who gsakx can intelligently describe something like this, because,
well = they are not used to it for one thing. Now, let me see it

there is anything -- did you have any feeling - well, it's probably

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funny for me to say so -= but i think if I were watching something
like that I might feel a little frightened or wondering if someone
was up there @ watching me, or something,

This is what I had. I was amazed more than anything, but If did have
that reeling.

i'm a little surprised that you dnd't get more people to watch it
with you,

Oh, there was about five or six people where I was.

Oh, there were,

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there on that corner, and i live with another man and woman who

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Stopped in a car and they saw it, J have no idea who they are,

This is very interesting, Of course, from one case one can not tell

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much but in examining a number of these cases around: that time,

am trying to find out whether the same sort of things were see}, you
a0 in different parts of the country, Actually, this all
seemed to start on July = Slst, and there were sightings - lots of

revorts on August i, 2, 3, and 4, and then by August 5 it oretiy

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I thought at first that it was something from the Cape - I mean,

some kind of system that they might have put in the air, you know
Yes. Let me ask this: «<= a thing I have frequently asked neonole,

If you had some mazmax magic way let's say say of putting somethings

up in the sky that would most closely resemble what you saw, what

object or objects would you pick? to put up there that would look
something like this?
This to me looked like the end of & a flare# Do you know what
type of flare I mean? The flare that's used in the railroad?
Yes, the railroad type flare, Chis : bE loo! = Sa
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observation, but is the closest weather station.

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Ceiling - unlimited, at least 30,000 ft
Visibility - 10 miles

Cloud Cover - 6/10 thin clouds
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8. Additional Information:

Officers SQM and SUMORRM 2150 of the Cocoa

Police Department, reported that they saw "a yellow light

with a bright ring around it." The time of the observation
was approximately 0430Z, 4 Aug 65. .The period of observation
was "several minutes" after which the object disappeared.

The object “bobbed back and forth" and appeared to be approxi-
mately as big as a 50 cent piece held at arm's length. The
two observers were ina police patrol vehicle in front of the
police headquarters building in Cocoa, Fla. The object was
"directly overhead - perhaps to the East."

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Director, Evaluation

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Gozoa Tribune

| Mystery Blamed |
On Reflections

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE |
(UPI) — The Air Force said
today the mysterious colored
lights observed by four police-
men over the City of Cocoa
Monday night and early Tues-
day apparently were reflections
| from the ground.
A @pokesman at Patrick Air
\Force Base said an investiga-
tion showed that a temperature
,inversion, a weather phenome-
non caused by a cold air mass
below a warmer layer, resulted
~ in conditions that could have
reflected ground lights. |

The policemen said the ob-
jects were yellow and orange
and appeared over the city for |
lup to 15 minutes. Two officers
said four of the lights appeared
in a diamond formation and
changed position several times. |

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Cacoa UFOs
Reported
Reflections

PATRICK AIR FORCE
BASE (UPI) The Air Force
said Friday the mysterious
colored lights observed by
four policemen over the
city of Cocoa Monday night
and early Tuesday - ap-
parently were reflections
from the ground.

A spokesman at Patrick
Air .Force Base said an|
investigation showed that a
temperature inversion, a
weather phenomenon
caused by a cold air mass
below a warmer layer,
resulted in conditions that
could have reflected
ground lights.

THE POLICEMEN said
the. objects were yellow
and orange and appeared
over the city for up to 15
minutes. Two officers said
four of the lights appeared |
in a diamond formation and |
changed position several |
times.

The Air Force said any
unidentified flying objects
in the area would have
been sighted by the Air
Defense Command radar
unit at the base. No such
radar sightings were re-

| corded and no aircraft were.
‘flying in the area at the’!

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time.
The Air Force spokesman .
said, however, that an)
investigation would con-,
tinue and that the Air Force
planned to question the,
policemen who made the}
observations. |

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PATRICK AFB — (UPI)
— The mysterious colored
lights observed by four police-
men over the city of Cocoa
apparently were reflections
from the ground, the Air
Force said Friday.

A spokesman at Patrick
Air Force Base said an inves-
tigation showed that a tem-
perature inversion, a weath-

er phenomenon caused by a

cold air mass below a warm-

er layer, resulied in condi-
tions that could have reflect-
ed ground lights.

The policemen said the
objects were yellow and or-
ange and appeared over the
city for up to 15 minutes.
Two officers said four of the

lights appeared in a diamond |
formation and changed posi- °

tion several times.

The Air Force said any
unidentified flying objects in
the area would have been
sighted by the Air Defense
Command radar unit at the
hase. No such radar sight-
ings were recorded and no
aircraft were flying in the
area at the time.

The Air Force spokesman
said, however, that an investi-
gation would continue and

that the Air Force planned |
to question the policemen —

who made the observations.

Cocoa is about 15 miles |

southwest of Cape Kennedy.

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Colorful Obiects +

Seen in Cocoa Sky

By SANDERS LaMONT and
Herald Brevard Sureav

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| James Ivy also reported’
seeing the objects this ime

“COCOA — Miulti-colored above the police station. :
objets hovering in the sky over
this city —- about 15 miles bout an hoor and. a hait
from ‘Cape Xennedy -- were! later Police Lis. James C.

reported Wednesday by eight | Wade and Gene Powers also

persons, six of inem ‘poitcemen. rare rj an object sit-
Cocca, Paleam Dispatcher Earl | a san ce Mambo pee

hier said he received a call) ° eae een

@igee Wednesday from an ink

dian River Dr. ‘fami! y reporting Whitley quoted Wade as say-!

Objects in the sky above Byrd ing, “ff I hadn't seen it, I never

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" Patrolman Ed Schild went ‘

‘Whitley, , They certainly are
“there.”

“ We also said a group of four
in a diamond-shaped formation)

ter, and one object left the}
group and went at a “very fast
rate’ toward a single object
that was hovering over Clear
Lake Road.

Whitley said he was skepti-
cal and had Officer Charlie
Moore check the report.

“I asked if he could see the
objects and he said, ‘Yes. ”

what they looked like and he
- gaid, ‘I can't tell.’’

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Were above the shopping» cen.

Plaza, a shopping center on) would have believed i

The unidentified tit ject re-
|ported above

he admitted, “I

did see anything.”

The Air Force Air Defense
Command radar station at
\nearby Patrick Air Force Base

reported no unusual sightings.

during the night.
The unidentified flying ob-

‘iects descriptions were similar
‘to those of phenoemna report-

ed during the last few days in

‘the Midwest and Southwest.

Whitley said. “I asked hin,

Then Officer Jack Langs’o:

Byrd Plazas
, Stayed in the same place about’
to check the report and told !15 "minutes. Whitley said, “!

ntissed out,"
linoked like the devil but never.

Miami HNerulid

Listening in
To ‘Visitors?

By SANDERS LaMONT
Marald Brevard Bureay

DID YOU HAPPEN to see
the multi-colored objects in
the sky over Cocoa Tuesday

and Wednesday nights?

Before you scoff at the
idea, remember that several

including
members of Cozo:’s Police

Department, did see “some-

reputable citizens.

thine" up ther:

Clear Lake Road.

Consider for a rainute that
you are @ person from anoth-
er solar system exploring the
surface of the earth, trying
to figure out if it is safe to
land. The following is a
rough translation (you real
ize there is a lot lost in the
translation) of the Space-
men's conversation:

SPACEMAN X: “What do
— down there, comman-
er?”

SPACEMAN Z: “Nothing
much. It’s too dark to be
sure, Let’s fly over to where
“iat square place is all lit up.
It looks like ‘some kind of
landing area. Maybe we'l} see
some éarthlings.”

(So they fly over to Byrd
Plaza and hover above the
earth, trying to understand
what they see.)

SPACEMAN X: “I think I
see some of the earth crea-
tures. They seem to be about

10 feet long and roll around
on four wheels. There's quite
a lot of them at the space
port.”

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above Byrd Plava and above

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SPACEMAN Z: “Yeah,
but what are those funny
looking things they keep
sending into the building
that looks like the terminal?
Notice how they don't have
wheels at all."’

SPACEMAN X: "Must be
some sort of machine the
earthlings have to do their
work for them. Notice how
the earth-people on wheels
seem to follow the paths
(streets) in an orderly man-
ner. That's very intelligent.
But their machines just seem
to wander about aimlessly.
They must not have them
perfected.”

SPACEMAN Z: “Yes, it is
Strange. But look at that
separate building at the inter-
section, There is a sign on it
that says ‘Service Station,’

‘whatever that means. The

earthlings seem to be getting
something for their ma-
chines.”
SPACEMAN X:
that is their restaurant. My,
they certainly are primitive.”
SPACEMAN Z: “Wait a
minute, It looks like the
earthlings are all lining up
for something at the juretion
(of U.S. 1 and Dixon Bivd.)”
SPACEMAN X: “Must he
something important. Look,
that must be the boss of the
earthmen coming down tle
path with the metal rails. All
the earthlings seem to be
paying it homage. That must
be the real leader of the
pack, We'd better get right
home and report this to the
Imperial Wizard...”
So the truth is finally out.
Human beings exist only to

“Maybe |

serve automobiles, and the .
Florida East Coast freight |

trains rule the world.

It’s a good thing the space
men did not hover above the
intersection of SR 520 and

SR 3. They would probably |

report there is a war going
on and “carthlings” keep
running into each

other, |

trying to beat their brains

bily

out.
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ONE FINAL noite

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the multi-coloured objects, |

The Air Force tells us the
were no more than reflected

ights from the earth's sur-
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face, caused by a poculiar
atmosoheric condition. H's a
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