Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UFO Report — Bellbrook, Ohio, 30 March 1965
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AI-Generated Summary
A farmer in Bellbrook, Ohio, reported a silent, gold-to-red oval object on March 30, 1965. The Air Force concluded the object was an aircraft.
This document contains a Project Blue Book sighting report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on March 30, 1965, near Bellbrook, Ohio. The witness, a local farmer, reported observing a bright, oval-shaped object, approximately three times the size of the largest star, moving from East to West before turning North. The witness described the object as gold to red in color and silent. The observation lasted between 10 and 12 minutes. The witness contacted the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after reading about similar sightings in the Lewisburg, Ohio area in the news. Captain Carl N. Schaffhauser documented the initial report, and Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, subsequently sent a formal letter to the witness requesting the completion of an FTD Form 164. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force for this incident was that the object was an aircraft.
I am a farmer and having lived on a farm all of my life 2 have made a habit of looking around the sky before going to bed.
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Official Assessment
AIRCRAFT
The object was identified as an aircraft, potentially associated with other reports in the Dayton-Lewisburg area on the same date.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Carl N. SchaffhauserCaptain, USAF, Departmental Support Branch
- Hector Quintanilla, Jr.Major, USAF, Chief, Project Blue Book