UFO Sighting Report — Pleasant Hill, Ohio, 30 January 1965

This document is a U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book sighting report detailing an incident that occurred on 30 January 1965, near Pleasant Hill, Ohio. The primary witness, a 21-year-old machinist, reported observing an unidentified object for approximately 40 minutes starting at 2305 hours. The object was described as having no definite shape, appearing fuzzy, and changing color from reddish-orange to white. The witness estimated the object's diameter to be 20 feet and noted that it moved erratically while maintaining a general westward elevation. No sound, exhaust, or contrails were observed. The witness contacted the local police, who in turn contacted the Dayton Tower operator, Robert Hall. Mr. Hall confirmed observing an object in the sky that he initially thought was an aircraft, noting it was high in the sky and moving slowly. The investigation was conducted by Captain John W. Haverstock of the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Captain Haverstock's notes indicate that the witness's wife also reported a similar, previously unreported sighting on 7 January 1965. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the sighting was an astronomical observation of the planet Jupiter and its satellites, exacerbated by atmospheric inversion conditions.