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CaseOval1965

Oneonta, NY, USA

In Oneonta, New York in August 1965, witnesses reported a large illuminated oval-shaped object in the sky, observed for about ten minutes.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (138 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1965-08-15
Where
Oneonta, NY, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
10 minutes
Geo
42.453, -75.064 · exact
Slug
oval-over-oneonta-ny-1965-33030a
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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

  • Oneonta, NY shows up 9 times across the archive.
  • 20 reports came from New York in 1965.
  • In the 1960s, 6.6% of reports described a oval — the all-time rate is 4.3%.

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