UFO case file · UFO-32627
Arcada unidentified aerial event — September 9, 1963
Arcada, California, United States
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On or during September 9, 1963, at or near Arcada, California, United States, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Object first off coast also reported moving up and down and disappearing. OBJECT EMITTED PULSING LIGHT. OBJECT SILENTLY DEPARTED AREA AT HIGH SPEED AND MADE ABRUPT CHANGE IN DIRECTION. WITNESS REPORTED INCIDENT TO LOCAL AIR FORCE BASE AND CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ROLAND OSMAN OF 1602 DONELY AVENUE, ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, REPORTED SIGHTING AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT OVER HIS HOME. OSMAN, THE OBJECT APPROACHED FROM THE WEST, HOVERED BRIEFLY OVER HIS HOME, THEN DEPARTED TO THE EAST AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. So far as I am able to ascertain, the object was not sighted in the Bend, Oregon, area. I saw no mention in local newspapers, or on radio news.
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- 9:30 PM
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