UFO Sighting, 20 Jul 65, Roswell, New Mexico

This document is an incoming Air Force message dated July 21, 1965, regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on July 20, 1965, near Roswell, New Mexico. The report details observations made by two groups of witnesses, including military personnel A1C David H. Dailey and A1C Michael A. Spencer, both of whom were deemed to have good reliability. The witnesses reported seeing a very bright white object, described as a bright star and possibly cylindrical in shape, which exhibited erratic movement, including 90-degree turns and rapid vertical ascent. The object was observed for over 30 minutes, with one group reporting high-speed movement and another reporting a back-and-forth north-south path. The official conclusion provided by the Air Force is that the sighting was an astronomical phenomenon involving the stars Capella and Arcturus, observed under unusual atmospheric conditions. However, the report notes that the reported movement from the northwest to the northeast was inconsistent with this explanation. Consequently, the Combat Intelligence Branch at Walker AFB was requested to re-interview the witnesses and obtain a more precise time-motion sequence of the object's flight path, including elevation and azimuth data, to further investigate the discrepancy.