UFO Sighting Report — Orlando, Florida, 14 May 1965

This document is a declassified Air Force staff message (AF IN: 36934) dated 15 May 1965, reporting a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon that occurred on 14 May 1965 near Orlando, Florida. The report details an observation made by a civilian couple, whose reliability is noted as unknown, and corroborated by brief observations from two military personnel, TSGT Thomas A. Johnson and SSGT Paul D. Donovan, both of the 1360 ABGP. The witnesses reported seeing two bright reddish-orange lights that emitted a humming, motor-like sound. The object was first observed in an easterly direction, approximately 15,000 feet above the ground, just south of Cape Kennedy. The object traveled on a westerly heading over the observer's house before turning to an easterly heading just north of Cape Kennedy, moving at a very high speed. The observation lasted approximately 10 minutes under clear night conditions. The report includes meteorological data for the area and notes that the civilian observer was familiar with missile firings from Cape Kennedy. The official conclusion stated in the document is that there was insufficient data to determine the nature of the object, noting that there was no evidence to definitively rule out that it was an aircraft, while simultaneously acknowledging that speed and duration data were conflicting.