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Sighting record / 1964

Grangeville Sheriff and Radar Station Sighting, Idaho

May 10, 1964 · Grangeville, Idaho County, Idaho, United States
21Thinly documented UAP Unknown 11 sources

Sunday night, May 10, 1964. Grangeville, Idaho. A mysterious, bright object appeared in the sky to the north of town. On Monday night it was back. For nearly two hours, residents stood and watched. The county sheriff, James Fuzzell, was among them. Not a flying saucer, the sheriff said. "just a strange object." At a nearby radar station, several men saw a bright object too, and their commander admitted defeat. "We are buffaloed." A single wire story recorded the sightings. Then the trail went cold, leaving a small town mystery and a sky that may have been hiding the answer in plain sight.

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Context

Spring 1964. At Socorro, New Mexico, on April 24, Lonnie Zamora had reported a landing that set off a wave of interest across the United States. Small reports from small towns were suddenly worth a line on the wire.

Sources (11, most influential first)

  1. UFO sighted in Idaho (Calgary Herald, 13 May 1964, AP) · Calgary Herald via Patrick Gross· 1964-05-13 · Press, book, documentary · news
  2. The Press 1960-1969 index · Patrick Gross · Research organisation · other
  3. Blue Book unexplained cases 1964 · Patrick Gross · Research organisation · org report
  4. Cottonwood Air Force Station · Wikipedia · Wiki, blog, podcast · wiki
  5. FPS-24 and FPS-6A Radomes at Cottonwood AFS Idaho 1964 · Wikimedia Commons · Wiki, blog, podcast · wiki