Sightings1965

Cherry Creek, New York farm sighting

When: 19 Aug 1965
Where: Cherry Creek, NY
Sources: 2 public sources

Cherry Creek, New York, where a farm family reported the 1965 sighting Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Teenager Harold Butcher reported a football-shaped object hovering near his family's dairy barn, with others nearby reporting similar sightings. The Air Force record card lists the case as unidentified; a purple residue found at the site was judged unrelated.

Sources

OfficialProject 10073 (Blue Book) record: Cherry Creek, New York, 19 August 1965 (opens in a new tab)U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book (copy hosted by UFOScans)
PressStrange Lights Over Chautauqua County (opens in a new tab)The Post-Journal (Jamestown, N.Y.), Margot Russell / 2017-12-30

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