UFO Report This is a report on the Marlin Marshall case aof Oxford, Michigan, the sighting of 7 May 65. I called Mr on Novexuber 29th, slightly a bit late after the 7th of May. Mr conducted a very intelligent conversation over the telephone, was circtmlspect in his answers and well above average in intelli- gence and articulateness. He owns a 42-acre arm but does not farm it since he is a supervisor at the Pontiac Motor Works. He is t~sfoz1ning his ram into a sort ot wildlife refUse. I am sendjng him a For.m 164 because he and his son are g61ng out to re-enact the crime at their earliest opportunity. We want to get the actual tragectory of the bright light before the son called his father's attention to it. Ill son is twelvejyears old The son, daughter, and father were out birdwatching, coming back fran a walk through their woods. Mr. had a pair Of 6 X 30 binoculars .jn his hand and when his son said ''Look at that b~ght light up there. It looks like a headlight." It was virtually overhead, so the father lay down on the ground and looked directlly up at the light with his binoculars. It was then fairly station- a.ry, because he said he didn't have to move his hi noculars very much to keep the object in view. Yet, the son se&ns to indicate that the object had moved from about 40 zenith distance up to the zenith in a matter of less than a minute having came in from the west southwest, making a half-circle to practically west, and back to overhead. I began by asking whether he had had any further thoughts about his sighting and he said that yes, he thought he had solved it, because not too - long after the sighting he read in the Pontiac paper that they had been firing multi~le-spring released satellites fran rockets from Vandenburg and he thought he had witnessed such a separation of the altogether five objects that he saw. However, this is out of t~ q,_:.estion, since neither Vandenburg nor Kennedy UFO Report Oxf'ord, Michigan, 7 May 65 launched half stage separations over:1the United States. Furthermore, the object was stationary, or virtually so. The son had said, onl.7 a few minutes before it was still broad daylight. The. light, however, was very mucJ-I brighter than a star and the boy said it did not twinkle. One finger held in an outstretched ~'s length would have covered all the objects. The duration of the sighting was of the order of one minute. He had just sent his son into the house tor stronger binoculars when the object began to fade and was obscured by clouds. It could be that the fading was caused by the gradual cloud cover. He said at one point: . "It seemed almost out of real 1 ty as far as I was concerned." Later: I thought deeply about what I was seeing, as to whether or not I was .miscon- struing my own perceptions." When he watched through the 6 x 30 binoculars he witnessed the ac:t,,aJ separation of a copper-colored fainter object fran the bright light. Then, later, fran the bright object he saw what he thought was the ejection of three smaller objects, and then a fourth which he discen~d con- siderably fUrther out. Both~E; could see the two objects, but they could not see the aoaller objects with their naked eyes. The copper-colored .. object had the motion of tumbling -like a maple seed when it falls to the earth- except that in this case the object didn't fall. It actually seemed to go up. The bronze colored object separated fran the bright light very shortly attar he first picked up the light in the binoculars. We will await receipt of his ~Fozm 164. HIADCIUAIT.II 11T PIGMTII WINO (All ft1 UNITID nATII A I IILPIIIDOI All .POICI 8AII. ATTN .... 1\ICIO UFO Report, Civilian Air Force Systems Command Foreign Technology Division Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. Attached is a letter from l!r. , and a copy or our reply, regarding Unidentitied Object sighted Hq 7, near Oxrord, Michigan 2. In accordance with AFR 200-2, 12b, we rorrfard this correspondence to your ottice tor further handling. FOR THE COl-1l{ANDER Cy, 1st Ftr \ig rply o tr 3ir: At approximately 7:30 to the foll0\1in~ took rl~ce: on Frida y the 7th d 1y of j.i~ay, l:y 12 year old son, my 9 y~d.r old dau~hter and I., h a d ju~t neared our ho~ne e.fter an evening F-?.ll<: throJ.:;!-1 our v.roorls. I had a ~air of 6 X 30 binoculars in hand. l:y son noted that so:r~etti.ne \'!as movin~ in the sl:y and called my attention to same. }le pointed out the shiny object direct ovarhead and I focused my field glasses on sarne and !nde the st~tement that it must be a sputnil< type vehicle as it looke d to be at great hei;..~ and no ~otor noises co tld be heard. Since it was uncomfortable to look dir-2ctly overhP,ad I layed on :~y back in the field and sturli~d th~ object. The. brig:1t shiny object beca!~ t'~o objects, the l~tter of which v1~s cop;er or rgd tinf;ed ir.. color.ltio!!. I exclaimed that it looked like a roc~et h a d ju3t ki:ked it's booster however th-ere ltTas liltle or no novement S'~en :1fter ac')1.1t a l'!li!lute durA ti Sho~tly t~ereafter the b~ight shiny obj~ct eave off three other shi~y bu s~aller objects \o\11 ich Nere arrangt:;d thus lookinz from helo r: A 4th shiny obj~ct was observed furt~er out into space and f~rther above the ~est. All 6 object s started fading very ~radually but the ~ar 3hiny object and the red ti:1,se1 object stayed in proxi::1ity to each ~t~ ::r w!!ile the ot!ler fo!.lr stru."lg out and gractualJ y faded . The red tinged object l~0ked l~ke it was tu~bl1ng not unlike th~t of a :!aple seed when it falls to e arth o0j ect vrent e.wa y from e arth. or had t~e motion exce":'t tha t the I removed the ~lasses from n y eye s t o tell my en to ~o a:ter the S X 50 binocul3rs and ,,,,'hen I tri'=d to find the o bje t s a~ain I co'lld n o t S~ortly th~reafter a scanty cloud cover of Cu~ulus ~ l ou ,ls came fro the ~'ITP;! and cove red the .:;eneral area. Visibility was :t~linited prior .;r:.J.y ttg r.1o0n visible b~t no ste.rs, l)e l o,.v the !1or iz or... to th ~ ~lou-i:~, pk~r ,letS ?ri[ht ther 8 re.s no hate :1nd tr:e sun ! or .;.t t~1e :.ir:1e n oten? \J'lS ours c:; v~ry int~rostr:;d ::.:1. h ;aring if tl1i.c c o nr a t '.lla.tir)n s . If n o t -? i s a ccounted I<)r. Sincet,e l r , At approximately 1930 to 1940 on 1 May 1965, three observers noticed a shiny obJect directly overhead. ODe witness started looking at the object with 6 x 30 binoculars and decided tbat it must be a Sputnik type vehicle since 1 t looked to be quite high and no noise could be heard. The bright . shiny obJect be two objects, the latter of which was copper or red tinged in color. Shortly tbereatter, the bright shiny object save off three other shiny but sller obJects. , . A tourth shiny object was observed turtber out into apace and 1\lrtber above the rest. All six objects started fading very gzadually but the larp shiny obJect the red tinged object stayed 1D proximity to each other while the other tour strung out and faded. The red tinpd object looked like it waa or had the not unlike that ot a seed when . it falls to earth except that the object vent away fraD earth. . . The observer removed the glasses fraa his eyes to tell son to go after the 8 x 50 binoculars he had. Observer tried to find the obJects again but to no avail. The objects were visible for approxiuately one minute. After the objects disappeared a scanty cloud cover from the WNW and covered the genexal area. COMMENTS The observer thou~t he had seen multiple-spring released satellites from rockets fran Vandenburg; however, neither Vandenburg nor IC8anedy launch halt stage separations over the United States. , the observer stated that tbe object was stationary, or virtually so. The description ot the objects tends to rule out as bodies. Froao the available data-a definite explanation is not possible. This case is carried aa unidentified by the Air Force. .