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UFO Sighting, 20 Jan 65, Long Beach, Mississippi

📅 20 January 65 📍 Long Beach, Mississippi 🏛 Keesler Technical Training Center (ATC) 📄 Correspondence and Sighting Report
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A civilian reported a silver, capsule-shaped object with two occupants over Long Beach, Mississippi, on January 20, 1965. The Air Force officially classified the sighting as a helicopter.

This document contains a Project Blue Book sighting report regarding an incident on January 20, 1965, in Long Beach, Mississippi. A civilian witness reported observing a silver, capsule-shaped object traveling slowly at a high altitude. The witness described the object as having transparent sections and containing two people, one of whom appeared to be holding a large object. The Air Force investigated the report and concluded that the object was likely a helicopter. Correspondence between TDEW/UFO at Wright-Patterson AFB and the Operations Officer at Keesler Air Force Base indicates that the Air Force sought to identify local aircraft to explain the sighting to the witness. Keesler AFB confirmed they operated C-47 and T-29 aircraft, while the local Coast Guard station operated HU-16 Albatross aircraft. The file includes the original sighting report form and subsequent internal military correspondence regarding the identification of the object.

Object was traveling slow and high. At first it appeared to be silver in the sun but as it passed directly above Burke St., observer saw it was transparent as if made of glass or transparent plastic, and seemed to have two people aboard

Official Assessment

Aircraft (HELICOPTER)

The observer reported a silver, capsule-shaped object with two occupants. The Air Force concluded it was a helicopter, noting that Keesler Air Force Base operates C-47 and T-29 aircraft, while the local Coast Guard station operates HU-16 Albatross aircraft.

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