CaseOval1965

New York City (Queens), NY, USA

Saw this object directly overhead.....about 65 ft. long emiting a reddish glow.went 1/2 block to my girlfrends house, got my camera, wh

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1965-11-15
Where
New York City (Queens), NY, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
20 Min.
Geo
40.714, -74.006 · exact
Slug
oval-over-new-york-city-queens-ny-1965-724758
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

  • One of 52 documented reports from New York City (Queens), NY in the UFOMYST archive.
  • New York logged 20 sightings in 1965.
  • Oval sightings ran at 6.6% during the 1960s (archive average: 4.3%).

Report

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