UFOMYST
CaseSphere1965

Gadsden, AL, USA

A witness in Gadsden, Alabama reported a blue, spherical object that drifted close enough to reach, then backed away and departed quickly when approached again, lasting 45 seconds, May 1965.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 45s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (190 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1965-05-15
Where
Gadsden, AL, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
45 sec. aprox.
Geo
34.014, -86.006 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-gadsden-al-1965-6e08c9
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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

  • One of 15 documented reports from Gadsden, AL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Alabama logged 2 sightings in 1965.
  • Sphere sightings ran at 7.8% during the 1960s (archive average: 6.5%).

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