Report of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) — Cocoa, Florida, 4 August 1965

This document details a UFO sighting reported by four police officers in Cocoa, Florida, on August 4, 1965. The officers observed five round, multi-colored lights (orange, white, or green) arranged in a diamond formation with one object positioned to the west. The objects were described as being approximately the size of a pea held at arm's length and were observed for roughly 15 minutes. One of the objects was observed to move at a high rate of speed to the west before returning to its original position in the formation. The officers reported a possible hissing sound. The report includes transcripts of interviews conducted by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a consultant for the Air Force, with the witnesses, specifically Officers Edward Schild and Charles Moore. During these interviews, the witnesses expressed skepticism regarding the official Air Force explanation that the lights were merely reflections. They emphasized that the objects appeared lower than the stars, were brighter, and exhibited distinct, non-stellar behavior. The Air Force official conclusion, as stated in the report and accompanying newspaper clippings, attributed the phenomenon to a temperature inversion, which created conditions for ground lights to be reflected in the sky. The document also notes that the Air Defense Command radar unit at the base recorded no aircraft or unidentified objects in the area at the time of the sighting.