DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8683511
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1965
REPORTED LOCATIONPhoenix Arizona
FRAMES1
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Machine transcription · mean legibility 90.1/100 · engines: paddle-gpu-200dpi

Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 001paddle-gpu-200dpi
Diameter of individial lights: I Points or slightly elongated in diroction ot travel.
Color of objects: Flame blue.
Magnitude: 1 to 3 as compared with background of known stars.
No sound evident.
Estimated speed: Too high l and too fast for aircraft if sound ware to ho 2nt
Much too fast for objects in orbit.
10 to 15 s seconds after first sighting thay began swarming like bees, resoiving into
two undulating V formations as in Figure 2. After briefly holding this formution
the v formations melted together in to one large V as in Figure 3.
Angle at time of vanishing due to distance, S.E. ( 45 degr-es)
Direction of their travel: Due south.
Total viawing time from start to finish estimated at 3o to 45 seconds.
I called a friend Mr. Jim Werd at Sky. Harbor Control Tower. He diid not see
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Public-domain United States government records (USAF Project Blue Book, NARA microfilm publication T-1206). Machine transcription from microfilm scans — typewritten bodies read well; stamps, marginalia and handwriting imperfectly. Pages marked poor legibility await re-examination. Source scans are linked unaltered on every case file.