UFO Sighting Report — College Park, Georgia, 2 May 1965

This document contains a UFO sighting report filed by a 13-year-old boy from College Park, Georgia, regarding an event on the night of May 2, 1965. The witness, while walking with a friend, observed a starlike, light yellowish-white object moving in a southeasterly direction for approximately two and a half minutes. The witness noted that the object made no sound, left no vapor trails, and did not exhibit sudden turns or bursts of speed. The object eventually disappeared behind a cloud and did not reappear. The witness explicitly stated that they did not believe the object was an airplane or jet due to its high altitude and speed, and they initially considered if it was a meteorite, though they noted that meteorites typically arc downward rather than rising. The witness also mentioned reading books by Major Donald Keyhoe and expressed a serious interest in UFO investigations. The official response from the Foreign Technology Division of the Air Force, dated August 27, 1965, and signed by Colonel Eric T. de Jonckheere, concluded that the sighting was characteristic of a satellite observation. The Air Force checked the schedules for Echo I, Echo II, and Pegasus I, determining that the sighting occurred midway between these satellite passages. The Air Force further noted that there were over thirty satellites visible to the naked eye at the time and explicitly dismissed the books by Donald Keyhoe as science fiction. The file includes the original questionnaire completed by the witness, correspondence from the Office of Information, and a copy of a newspaper clipping about a separate unidentified flying object sighting in Texas.