Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Sighting Report — Greensburg, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1965
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A civilian report of an unidentified light over Greensburg, PA, on June 29, 1965. The Air Force concluded the object was likely a low-flying aircraft with landing lights.
On June 29, 1965, a civilian witness in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, observed an unidentified aerial object while on their back porch. The witness reported that the object was a very bright, reddish-colored light that appeared yellowish in the distance. The object remained stationary before moving erratically toward the Southwest, then back to the East, and eventually South. The witness noted that the object made no sound and lacked the blinking lights typical of aircraft. To maintain sight of the object as it moved behind trees, the witness climbed onto their garage roof. The witness later reported the incident to a local newspaper and subsequently wrote to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force on July 12, 1965, to document the event. The official Air Force evaluation concluded that the sighting was likely a distant aircraft with landing lights activated, which would explain the lack of audible sound, the slow speed, and the absence of visible navigation lights.
More than likely you get many such letters, but I can assure you what ever we saw that particular evening was a tangible object and it was always in sight
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Official Assessment
Possibly distant aircraft with landing or experimental light
The sighting was likely a light aircraft with landing lights on, which would account for the lack of audible sound, the slow speed, and the obscuring of wing and identification lights.