CaseUnknown1965

Ponca City (south of), OK, USA

SUDDENLY A BRILLIANT WHITE LIGHT LIT UP THE ENTIRE COUNTRY SIDE. BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. I GUESS AROUND A 1,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND, COUL

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 5s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1965-10-14
Where
Ponca City (south of), OK, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
brief-15sec
Geo
36.707, -97.086 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-ponca-city-south-of-ok-1965-d1a8eb
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 1 documented reports from Ponca City (south of), OK in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Oklahoma logged 5 sightings in 1965.

Report

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