CaseDisk1965

Reseda, CA, USA

In Reseda, California on October 7, 1965, multiple witnesses reported a formation of disk-shaped objects descending behind trees, observed for about three minutes.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (163 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1965-10-07
Where
Reseda, CA, USA
Shape
Disk
Duration
3 minutes
Geo
34.201, -118.536 · exact
Slug
disk-over-reseda-ca-1965-c76b77
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1965–1967

    The Mid-Sixties Wave

    United States (nationwide), with strong echoes in South America and Australia

    The wave that broke the Air Force. Blackout-night sightings over the Northeast (1965), the Exeter close encounters, police chases in Ohio, a schoolyard mass sighting in Melbourne (Westall), and a documented 'crash-dive'…

In context

  • This is one of 25 reports logged in Reseda, CA.
  • This case is one of 24 California reports filed in 1965.
  • Disk craft made up 23.5% of 1960s reports, vs 5.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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