Alexandria reported light formation observation — August 8, 1962

On or during August 8, 1962, at or near Alexandria, Virginia, United States, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: RED LIGHT APPEARED AS BRIGHT STAR MOVED FROM NORTHWEST TO EAST. IN 15 SEC DISAPPEARED AND LIGHTS FADED OUT, NO SOUND, RANDOM MOVEMENT. SLOWED DOWN CONCEALED AND THEN DISAPPEARED AT 0445. NAME: [Redacted] SIGNATURE: [Redacted] DATE: Aug 17, 1962 The text in the handwritten report states: "At the time described the witness observed the very rapid descent of a silvery metallic object from directly overhead to almost on the ground. At the time this witness...felt that the object came very close, possibly within a couple of hundred feet of us while we were...to call help." A. seems to have seen a first-moving light B. seen a 2nd round light followed by a stringy-like object C. 3 cars were off the road as 3 lights were seen up in the air D. saw 11 pulsating lights up in the air E. lights did pulsate and seemed to disappear and appear again F. 5 lights formed and hovered for a couple of seconds G. Performing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on the text in the image: CONFIDENTIAL SUBJECT: REPORT OF OBSERVATIONS - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFOS) OBSERVER: JAMES E. STEPHENS DATE OF OBSERVATION: AUGUST 8, 1962 LOCATION OF OBSERVATION: ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA TIME OF OBSERVATION: 2100 HOURS DATE AND PLACE RECEIVED: AUGUST 8, 1962, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA COMMENTS: AT 2100 HOURS ON AUGUST 8, 1962, I OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IN THE SKY OVER ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. I HAVE NEVER OBSERVED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE AND AM UNSURE OF WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN. I IMMEDIATELY REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO THE AUTHORITIES. Air Force as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed.