UFO Sighting Report — Jacksonville, Florida, February 1, 1965

On February 1, 1965, at approximately 1941 hours, an air traffic control specialist named Norvell L. Cole, stationed at the Jacksonville, Florida, Airport Traffic Control Tower, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness, an experienced tower operator, described the object as a white light, similar in appearance to a star, with no discernible shape or details. The object was observed for approximately 60 seconds, moving in a southeasterly direction. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear and dry. The witness noted that the object's motion relative to the stars led him to conclude it was an artificial satellite. The report was formally requested by the Foreign Technology Division of the Air Force Systems Command on February 26, 1965, and subsequently completed by the witness and forwarded by the Chief of the Jacksonville Airport Traffic Control Tower, Carl R. Leavitt, Jr., on March 5, 1965. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency was that the object was indeed a satellite, though it was specifically noted not to be the ECHO I or II satellites, but rather one of the other visible satellites in orbit at that time.