October 1965

The date is listed as 2 October 1965 with a time of 03/0450z. Elsewhere in the report the date time is given as 2050 hours on 1 October 1965. Three objects were seen, one a "mother ship" and the others pulsating with changing colors. Observed for 1 hour and ten minutes on a "maneuvering Course" (the term for movements with an apparent intelligence behind them). It was labeled "Insufficient Data" and happened the first part of October in 1965 in San Gabriel, California.  San Gabriel is on the coast some 92 miles southwest of Edwards AFB. 

In the Project Blue Book files is a copy of the "Staff Duty Officer's report" with excerpted items listed for 4 October 1965.

For the period 1630 2 Oct 1965 to 0800 2 Oct 1965 (summaries by this author):

Item: UFO - woman reported her husband's sighting and did not give her name or details. 1910 hours. Sighted earlier in the day.

Item: Manhattan Place, LA. 1930 hours. High altitude. Moving in an arc. Very fast.

For the Period 1630 2 Oct 1965 to 0800 3 Oct 1965:

Item: UFO - south San Gabriel. 3 objects. "Mother ship" was one. Description vague, used binoculars. Seemed focused on changing colors. 

Note: Nowhere in the file is there an explanation of what the witness meant by "mother ship." See elsewhere on this blog a report from Tulsa, Ok of a witness seeing an object fly into a large black object that blanked out the stars.

Oct. 3, 1965 - Cannon AFB, New Mexico

A truly phenomenal sighting of the star Arcturus occurred this date. The details appear in a 6 page report in Project Blue Book. The "star", as the summary sheet called it, was observed from the ground, with binoculars, for 25 minutes. The witness statements in the file state the "object size varied from size of a dime to a quarter held at arm's length."  Again, the description was a "brilliant white to orange" (see previous entry). In the center was an orange ray like appearance surrounding it with bright flickers of white light.  The object was circular in shape and was 20 degrees above the horizon at 285 degrees; it did a figure eight pattern and a spiral in an arc. The witness was Henry B. Hoadly, Supply Sq, Master Sgt. The weather was clear, no clouds, and surface wins (velocity) "10". The ceiling was clear, 15 miles visibility and it was 54 degrees.

Oct, 19, 20, and 26?, 1965 - Wallop's Island, VA. Langley Research Center conducted a research test with experimental balloons manufactured by G.T. Schjeldahl Comp. Northfield, CT. Six balloons were launched from Wallops Island. They noted that Huntsville had ordered 1500 balloons for NASA after a report of a Vero Beach, FL balloon debris find that was not one of the Wallop Island launches (the FL one was lightbulb shape). Research has shown that one from Wallop had landed inland 25 miles away generating some public interest (they were blimp shaped, 13.7 to 16.5 feet long, 4 feet in diameter with three inflated "fins" off the tail). NASA was believed to be using them for Gemini 6. 

Oct. 21 - 26. 1965 - "Northern Hemisphere" file in PBB. "The Great Comet of 1965", Ikea-Seki (Comet 1965f) was on display with a huge visible tale low on the horizon (17-degree tail 5 days after parhelion on Oct. 21).

Oct. 25, 1965 - Luke AFB, Arizona (5 pg. report)

Two objects reportedly observed for more than an hour from the ground by military personnel. The conclusion was they had seen the 2 planets Venus and Jupiter. The summary sheet was specific that the "object" resembled a star or planet. It was white to orange to black to white (a typo that apparently meant it had been white to orange and then BACK to white). It was seen at a 40–60 degree elevation to the SW. Movement was very erratic, with changes in direction (S to N to SE to E). Also changes in elevation and final movement W to E.  The second observation was moving E to S. Object was still there visible in the SSE that witness retired for the night. Weather was clear with only very thin high clouds.

Reading that, hopefully, the non-planetary movements of this object or objects, was noted. Inside the file from the teletype sent out to official AF and government agencies said a few more non-[lanetary things.

The object was "described as like a star or planet", the object was the "size of dime" (held at arm's length - the standard measurement system), white color that changed to orange and then back to white. One object with brightness and erratic behavior that attracted attention. When first seen it was 40-60 degrees to the SW and when it disappeared below the horizon it was at 0 degrees. Very high speed to the object. Witnesses were Major Bond and Major Campbell who comments on the weather was supported by the official readings: it was a clear night, light winds, and good visibility.

Oct. 30, 1965 - Overton, NV

This 6 page file in PBB contains what was described as a "vivid drawing" of a balloon observed by a witness. The quality is very good and clearly identifies that the object in the drawing was a balloon of the round object described as silver. The AF identified it as an upper air balloon that had burst and they communicated how such reports often allowed recovery of record packages.