Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UFO Report — Sacramento, California, 16 July 1964
AI-Generated Summary
An Air Force report detailing a 1964 UFO sighting in Sacramento, California, involving a round object with three legs. The report was officially classified as unreliable due to a lack of corroborating evidence.
This document is an Air Force incoming message regarding a UFO sighting reported in Sacramento, California, on 16 July 1964. The primary witness, a college student at Arizona State University, reported observing a round object larger than an automobile, featuring three legs extending from its bottom. The object was described as stationary, hovering over the Rio Americana school, with its lights fluctuating in brightness. The witness was accompanied by his brother and a young woman at the time of the sighting. According to the report, the witness's brother later returned to the scene with the witness and another relative, but the object had disappeared. When contacted for an interview, the young woman who was present with the witness could not recall the sighting. The Air Force evaluated the report as unreliable, noting the lack of corroboration and the circumstances of the observation. The document includes a memo routing slip and the official message text, which classifies the report under AFR 200-2.
Round object on top with three legs on bottom. Larger than auto. Stationary. Light kept getting brighter and dimmer.
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Official Assessment
The report is regarded as an unreliable report.
The sighting involved a round object with three legs observed by a college student. The observer's companion could not recall the sighting, and the report was deemed unreliable by the evaluating agency.
Witnesses
- [illegible]CivilianArizona State University student
Key Persons
- [illegible]Brother of the observer
- [illegible]Girlfriend of the observer