CaseFormation1967

Hickman, KY, USA

Witnesses near Hickman, Kentucky, reported six objects in formation that seemed to disappear and reappear across roughly five miles of sky, maneuvering to avoid a passing airplane, in March 1967.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (195 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1967-03-02
Where
Hickman, KY, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
20 minutes
Geo
36.571, -89.186 · exact
Slug
formation-over-hickman-ky-1967-83b83f
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  • 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

  • Hickman, KY shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 6 reports came from Kentucky in 1967.
  • In the 1960s, 1.8% of reports described a formation — the all-time rate is 3.3%.

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