Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UFO Sighting Report — Tiffin, Ohio, 17 May 1965
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1965 UFO sighting report from Tiffin, Ohio, was evaluated by the Air Force's Foreign Technology Division. The object was officially identified as a jet aircraft with sun-reflecting contrails.
On May 17, 1965, at 8:00 P.M., a witness named Judith Barnett observed an unidentified flying object near Tiffin, Ohio. The witness, a college music teacher with a background in geology, described the object as a silver disc with a short pink vapor trail, traveling from west to east at an estimated speed of 1,000 mph. The observation lasted approximately one minute and twenty seconds. The witness reported the sighting to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on May 19, 1965. The Foreign Technology Division (FTD) evaluated the report and concluded that the object was likely a jet aircraft with contrails reflecting sunlight, noting that the duration and flight path were consistent with such an observation. The witness had requested additional reporting forms, noting that she had seen similar objects on several occasions in the past two years, though she had not seen them near her home in Springfield or Dayton, Ohio. The Air Force provided the requested forms and a Project Blue Book fact sheet to the witness in June 1965.
Likely a/c with the sun reflecting from the contrail. Duration and flight consistant with a/c observation.
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Official Assessment
Likely a/c with the sun reflecting from the contrail. Duration and flight consistant with a/c observation.
The object was identified as a jet aircraft with contrails reflecting sunlight.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- SARA HUNTCommunity Relations Division, Office of Information