Initial Report of Investigation of Unidentified Flying Object — 5 January 1965, Wallops Island, Virginia

This document details an investigation into a UFO sighting reported by a NASA Project Engineer at Wallops Island, Virginia, on 5 January 1965. The observer, a 23-year-old male, reported seeing a bright yellow, round object that appeared to rise from the horizon at an azimuth of 200 degrees and travel overhead before disappearing after 8 to 9 seconds. The observer claimed his wife and brother-in-law also witnessed the event. The investigation, conducted by the 4500th Air Base Wing and evaluated by the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson AFB, concluded that the sighting was likely an orbiting satellite, specifically SPADATS Object 530, or potentially a temperature inversion effect caused by a missile launch that occurred at the facility at 1746 local time. Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr. expressed skepticism regarding the observer's account, noting contradictions in the reported flight path and the lack of sufficient evidence. The document also includes supplementary materials, such as a newsletter from 'Saucer News' that references the same incident and other contemporary sightings in Alaska and Virginia, highlighting the public interest and media coverage surrounding these events at the time.