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CaseOther1966

Odessa, TX, USA

Near Odessa, Texas in June 1966, a witness reported a silvery, football-shaped object rotating before accelerating straight up and out of sight, within about ten seconds.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (170 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1966-06-01
Where
Odessa, TX, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
10 seconds
Geo
31.846, -102.368 · exact
Slug
other-over-odessa-tx-1966-1efb22
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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'…

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In context

  • This is one of 29 reports logged in Odessa, TX.
  • This case is one of 12 Texas reports filed in 1966.
  • Other craft made up 6.8% of 1960s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

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