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1965: Tulsa, Oklahoma UFO Photograph

(Last Updated On: March 3, 2019)

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT

Date: August 2, 1965

Sighting Time: 1:30 AM

Day/Night: Night

Location:  Tulsa, Oklahoma

Urban or Rural: -Urban

Hynek Classification: NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

Duration:

No. of Object(s): 1

Height & Speed:

Size of Object(s):

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): Disc-ish

Color of Object(s): unusual, multi-colored UFO.

Number of Witnesses: five

Source: Edwards, Flying Saucers – Serious Business, p164-165 (Bantam Paperback Edition), no LC or ISBN

Full Report

Tulsa, Oklahoma; August 3, 1965.
The Tulsa Oklahoma photographic case is an extremely interesting one in that we have one excellent photograph of a multi-colored object which fails to resemble any known flying object, past or present.
The events leading to the taking of the picture were as follows:
At about 1:30 AM, Mr. A. L. Smith, accompanied by his 14 year old son Alan, and three other witnesses , were captivated with watching an unusual, multi-colored UFO. Mr. Smith was a turbine engine specialist, working with American Airlines.
The unknown object seemed to be slowly moving toward the five witnesses. Still some several hundred yards away, it paused briefly and hovered. At that precise moment, Alan snapped a photograph with his inexpensive camera, using ASA 64 film. Alan decided not to try for a second shot. He took his camera inside the house, and ran back outside just in time to see the object rapidly flying away into the night sky.His picture was extensively analyzed, pronounced authentic, and later published by Life magazine and many newspapers. 
Alan R. Smith, aged 14, took this photograph at about 1:45 a.m. on 2 August 1965 from his back yard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Five other witnesses saw the UFO change color from white to red to blue-green. The USAF Photo Analysis Division analysed the picture for Project Blue Book and agreed it was a material object, less than a mile (1.6km) from the camera, and about 30ft (10m) in diameter. They also observed that it resembled the effect “obtained by photographing a multi-colored revolving filter flood light.” But after computer analysis in 1977 Ground Saucer Watch declared that the picture “represents an extraordinary flying craft of large dimension.”
(B J Booth)