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CASE REFERENCE7470030

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1965

REPORTED LOCATIONClovis California

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION |

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4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

Clovis, California

10, CONCLUSION

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Object appeared to be solid, Initial anocarance as a lizht.
Changed from green flickerinzs sparks to a

TYPE OF OBSERVATION bie a red dise. Locked
7 ne like : a fourth of July sparkker. Disannreared by fadi nge Flic
wound Visual from below the big dinper to the constallation Cassi opea.
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8 PHOTOS

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Oo Yes

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Department or Defense |
Office of Public Information

Washington 25, D.C.

U.S» Air Force Technical Information Sheet
When did rou see the odject? August 1965
Time of dzy: ‘bout 10:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time.

Where were you when you s2w the object? 250) Lind ivenue, Clovis, California
Additional remarks: Standing in front yard.

=stimate how long you saw the object. i'm fairly certain it was about 20-30 Seconds.
Wnet wes the condition of the sky? No trace of daylight.

What did you notice sbout the stars nd moon? The moon was in its first half.
The object w-s below -nd to the left of the constellation Cassioveia.

Wes the object brighter than the background of the sky? Yes.
The brightness was like that of zn automobile headlignt several blocks away.

Did the object:

@e Appear to stand still at any time? No
be. Suddenly speed up 2t any time and rush away? No
Ce FEreak up into parts or explode? NO
de. Give off smoke? No
@. Chenge brightness? 1e3
f. Change shape? Yes
ge Flicker, throb, or oulsate? ¥s3

Did the ob7ect move behind something 2t any time? Yes, tae street light.

Did the-object move in front of anything? No.

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The object 2zppesred solid,

I used no instruments to observe the object.

Sound: Nonee

Color: It wes like «= Fourth of July sparkler. It changed from green flickering
sp-rks to white flickering sp-rks to red flickering sp=rks, then to a sort.
of red disk.

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The edges of the disk were rather fuzzy.

There wes only one object.

I'm frirly certain the disk wes -bout the sive of a pee held = t arm's lereth.

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‘ow did the object diseovesar from view? it faded as it neared hori.on.

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Where were vou located when you saw the object? Outdoors, in the residential
section of the city.

What direction were you looking when you first saw the object? Northeast.

What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? Northeast.

What were the weather conditions at the time? Clear, cool, dry, no wind.

~ When did you report to some official that you had seen the object? I didn't.

Weg enyone with you at the time you saw the object? No, but there have been ~
several sishtings around the valley, 2nd an official at the Fresno Air
Terminal also sighted something.

Wes this the first time you have sighted an object like this? No. My father and
I: sichted 2 stetionsry one in Fresno in 1963. It changed colors from red to

green to blue and then abruptly vanished. iy father also sighted a ball with
white sp2rks coming from it over Great Britain in 1957.

Whet do you think the object was? It could have been a ship from another planet,
or"ssace junk" launched by the U.S. or the Sovist Union.

Do you think you cen estimate the speed or distance of the object? No.

Pleese give the following inform>tion about yourself;

‘daress; Qe --

Clovis, California 93612
Telephone <i
Present job: Student.
Any special educational training: Grade school, High school.
Ages 15
Ser: Male,
Date questionaire completed: 6 August 1965.

The form for this cauestionzire was taken from the book "slving Saucers from Outer
° Pane eet ea at i SI
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Spece" by Major Donald E. Keyhoe, U.S.C. (Ret.)

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Clovis, California
93612

Dear Sirss:

This has not been the first sighting recently in the valley
(San Joaquin Valley) . Just the day before this sighting there ©
was an UFO over Merced, Calif. My sighting was also reported on the
news the -ext morring has 1 was told by a friend. We said the newsman
said that a man at the Fresno Air Terminal over also saw the same object,

The man at the airport said that it was not an are tnt a pline or jet

would m2ke,

Yours Sincerely,

ees,