America West Flight 564 sighting
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| Date | 25 May 1995 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Military encounters (topic) |
| People | Walter Webb |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 122 |
| Year | 1995 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1995 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 8 |
On the night of 25 May 1995 the crew of America West Airlines Flight 564, a Boeing 757 cruising at 39,000 feet over the Texas Panhandle on a flight from Tampa to Las Vegas, reported a huge, dark, cigar-shaped object with a row of strobing lights. The sighting was investigated in detail and remains unexplained.[1][2]
The sighting
Near Bovina, Texas, First Officer John Waller and a flight attendant saw a dark, cigar-shaped object below and ahead of them with a row of bright white lights that flashed in sequence along its length. The crew estimated its length at 300 to 400 feet, though its distance was unknown. Its silhouette was visible when lightning lit the clouds behind it.[1]
Air traffic control
Waller radioed the Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center during the sighting, and the conversation was recorded on FAA tapes. Controllers said the object did not appear on their radar. One controller said NORAD had confirmed an unidentified radar track nearby, later identified as a small aircraft whose transponder was off, and the next morning reported that NORAD had tracked a second target that stopped and started abruptly with bursts of speed of 1,000 to 1,400 mph; this rests on one controller's account and could not be confirmed.[1]
Investigation
Investigator Walter N. Webb studied the case for the UFO Research Coalition, interviewing the crew, controllers and NORAD and FAA staff, obtaining the FAA tapes, filing Freedom of Information requests and checking military installations. He found no known object or phenomenon that matched the sighting.[1][2]
Explanations
Some astronomers have suggested the crew saw celestial objects or lightning in the clouds. The case is often cited alongside discussion of "fastwalkers", the term for unidentified objects detected by U.S. space sensors.[3][4]
People and topics
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- Boeing — The aerospace company whose Phantom Works looked at gravity research in 2002.
- Walter Webb — Investigator of the 1995 America West sighting.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Freedom of Information Act — The 1966 U.S. law that lets the public request government records.
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
- Fastwalker — A nickname for fast-moving unknown objects detected by space sensors.
On the Timeline
- Clinton witness order claim (1995) (31 March 1995) — Vallée says he was told President Clinton signed an order protecting certain witnesses.
- End of Stargate (1995) (30 June 1995) — The CIA ends Star Gate, its remote viewing program.
See every 1995 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Patrick Gross, "America West Flight 564, Texas, May 25, 1995", UFOs at close sight · ufologie.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- America West case file, The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- "1995 UFO spotting in US was actually that of celestial bodies, claim astronomers", WION · wionews.com · archived copy
- "Fastwalkers & Slowwalkers", The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- nicap.org · nicap.org · archived copy
- youtu.be · youtu.be · archived copy
- books.google.com · books.google.com · archived copy
- documents.theblackvault.com · documents.theblackvault.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Holloman Air Force Base — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- NORAD — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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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