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CaseOval1965

Knobnoster, MO, USA

Near Whiteman Air Force Base in Knobnoster, Missouri in 1965, witnesses reported an oval-shaped object in the sky, watched for about twenty minutes.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (148 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1965-06-01
Where
Knobnoster, MO, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
we watched 20 minutes
Geo
38.767, -93.559 · exact
Slug
oval-over-knobnoster-mo-1965-d31d45
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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

  • Knobnoster, MO shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 7 reports came from Missouri in 1965.
  • In the 1960s, 6.6% of reports described a oval — the all-time rate is 4.3%.

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