1965 in UFO history
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| Year | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Events | 3 |
| Decade | 1960s |
| Topics | Nuclear & missile sites (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Crashes & retrievals (topic), Bases & Area 51 (topic) |
| Timeline | 1965 on the UAP Timeline |
1965 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 3 events in 1965, mostly about nuclear & missile sites and secrecy & cover-up. People named in these events include Jacques Vallée, J. Allen Hynek, Robert Hastings, Leslie Kean.
Overview
1965 brought a new wave of sightings in the United States and growing criticism of Project Blue Book. In the summer, many mostly nighttime reports came from the Midwest and Southeast. Witnesses in Texas described multicoloured lights and egg- or diamond-shaped objects. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that Tinker Air Force Base had tracked up to four objects at once, some dropping from about 22,000 to 4,000 feet in seconds. A Wichita meteorologist said he tracked odd objects on weather radar.[1] The reports received wide publicity, and critics, including some scientists, suggested Blue Book was doing poor research or covering up.[1]
On 3 September, near Exeter, New Hampshire, a teenager and two police officers reported a sighting that became one of the most famous of the decade. Many other witnesses had reported objects in the area in the preceding weeks. In 2011 the Skeptical Inquirer offered an explanation based on the witnesses' details.[2] See Exeter incident. On 9 December a fireball seen across six U.S. states and Canada was reported to have come down at Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. An astronomer said it was probably a meteor. In 2005 NASA said experts had examined fragments and found them to be from a Soviet satellite, though the original records had been lost in 1987.[3] The incident is often called "Pennsylvania's Roswell."[3]
The timeline's 1965 entries include a later claim tied to Kecksburg. An anonymous Air Force security guard at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, said he guarded an object brought from Pennsylvania on 10 December before it was sent to Wright-Patterson.[4] A declassified Air Force memo records that from 31 July to 2 August, 143 personnel at F. E. Warren Air Force Base's missile sites reported 148 objects.[4] On 17 May Jacques Vallée noted that a Martin Marietta engineer visiting him became upset when someone saw papers they should not have seen.[4]
Events
- Martin Marietta engineer's papers (1965) (17 May 1965) — Jacques Vallée says a Martin Marietta engineer was upset when his papers were seen.
- F.E. Warren missile site sightings (1965) (31 July 1965-2 August 1965) — An Air Force memo logs 148 objects reported by 143 personnel at F.E. Warren missile sites.
- Lockbourne AFB object and Kecksburg (10 December 1965) — An Air Force guard says he watched over an object brought from Pennsylvania before it went to Wright-Patterson.
People
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- J. Allen Hynek — Astronomer and Air Force UFO consultant from 1948 to 1969 who later founded the Center for UFO Studies.
- Robert Hastings — Researcher who has collected accounts of UFOs at nuclear weapons sites, author of UFOs and Nukes.
- Leslie Kean — Journalist who co-wrote the 2017 New York Times story on AATIP.
Nearby years
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References
- Project Blue Book — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Exeter incident — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Kecksburg UFO incident — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- UAP timeline published with Michael Shellenberger's 2024 congressional testimony, entries for 1965 · oversight.house.gov
Facts in this article are drawn in part from the Wikipedia articles “Project Blue Book”, “Exeter incident”, “Kecksburg UFO incident”, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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